Quicker method to startling realism?

[campsart]

Thought I would provide a link to information of this "quicker" approach to more realistic rendering. Interested to know what you think... http://studioproducts.com/demo/demo.html


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"Art is a jealous mistress and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1888), American essayist, critic, and philosopher.

[TMoore]

I read this at that site a week or two ago. It might be useful to oil, pastel, and acrylic. A waste of time for watercolor and probably graphite since they can't recover from the ambiguity. A weird way to word it I know but nothing better came to me. I had the impression from the oil forum that oil portraitists did this by eye naturally. I can pull strange ideas out of any conversation though and might have gotten it all wrong.

One thing to think about if you do use this... don't those projector things get pretty hot? If you are using a client supplied photo it might get damaged with such prolonged exposure to the heat.

It might be a useful teaching and study tool. Learning to see broad areas of tone or color and then developing the ability to hone in on detail is an artistic skill that needs to be mastered - this, at the very least, can be used to illustrate this concept.

[journey341]

That is what I thought too... that the picture would be getting mighty hot after that much exposure!

But I liked the concept.. i don't do any color stuff let alone oils or anything so some of it was foreign to me.

I did feel a certain hesitancy at the focus on "doing it quickly" and still having realism. I truly do each portrait differently each time... it is the PROCESS that is so rewarding.. those little "aha's" as I struggle through something... I don't want to turn into a "mass producer" of portraits with a streamline approach. Just my 2 cents.

Jodie

[campsart]

TMoore...I think you communicate your ideas better than I do.
Jodie...I agree with you 100%. I posted this just to see what others might feel about it and to solicit response. I can't say I agree with his methods totally but I came away with a few pointers that I feel may help me in my process.

David http://www.home.earthlink.net/~campsart

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"Art is a jealous mistress and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1888), American essayist, critic, and philosopher.

[Gary B]

I think this is very interesting and a viable way to work. The details do interfere with "seeing".

The heat factor depends on the projector. The better ones have cooling fans and, with some, the object isn't close enough to the lights to matter. Many put too large of bulbs in the projector to improve projection detail. This works, but not a good idea.

Maybe the old fashioned camera lucida could also be used and eliminate the tracing screen and projection altogether.

I'm going to try this, just to see the results.

Thanks, cap

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[campsart]

Thanks garyB! If you would...share with us your results.

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"Art is a jealous mistress and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1888), American essayist, critic, and philosopher.

[This message has been edited by campsart (edited June 09, 2001).]