[rollei_list] Re: Digital Advice
- From: Aaron Reece <oboeaaron@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:48:11 -0400
On May 30, 2008, at 9:54 AM, ERoustom wrote:
Aaron, I'm going to have fix that hitch and say (and I believe
this) that anyone who can make a good photograph can draw. Styles
and technical draftsmanship will vary greatly, hand-eye-brain
coordination will yield varying degrees of perspective distortion,
psychological and emotional states may also influence the outcome,
but talent won't get in the way. Your fingers will get dirty, and
some charcoal dust will eventually find its way onto your lap.
Ok, I wasn't really serious, but now that you mention it, I
discovered that shortly after I took up photography as a serious
hobby (Rollei content: my first camera was an SL-35), my ability to
draw rough sketches improved, going from the inability to sketch even
rudimentary shapes to being able to at least communicate some vague
notion of the subject. I think I was finally beginning to develop the
analytical mental equipment necessary to conceptualize a photographic
scene (what AA called "visualization") and this leaked over into my
drawing ability, such as it is. In other words, the problem before
was never with eye-hand coordination, but rather that my brain didn't
know precisely what it wanted, so the hand was unable to provide it.
Once I began to look critically for line, shadow, etc., the brain was
able to give the hand more complete instructions, thus better
results. I imagine this "critical eye" is a great deal of what is
taught in formal drawing classes, which I have (clearly) never taken.
Best regards,
Aaron
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