Nia propped the sturdy sheets against the window. What would natural light add? “Second attempt — better.” Thalia pursed her pucker, and swiped her hands as if trying to remove dirt. “Twice was enough! Let’s keeeeeeeeep-er movin!” “At first glance… we didn’t realize how much detail and nuance those stones and slats required.” Calliope shrugged. “Oh well… an opportunity to appreciate someone else’s skill and effort.”
I applaud you for your second attempt! It is indeed a much different representation of the concept. There is no doubt about what you have captured, and anyone looking can clearly see the difference between the two pieces.
I appreciate them both for different reasons...
My question to you is, what did you learn from the process that you can share with us about what the experience taught you?
Repeating an exercise has no real merit, unless whatever is learned, is shared first internally, and then externally, if you choose.
(You know, like when asked). 😉
I remember somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind, where the cobwebs are, a conversation where someone described Michelangelo‘s concept of time. Supposedly, when he was painting the Sistine Chapel, someone once asked him about going to work so early and staying so late.
Michelangelo reportedly looked at them quizzically and said, what is this early and late that you speak of? I paint, it’s what I know, there is no early or late.
I think what he was basically saying he worked on whatever he was working on until he reached a stopping point. As an artist, I’m sure he clearly understood that art is never finished, and only abandoned, as stated by one of his colleagues.
Leonardo da Vinci — “Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
This is also an opportunity to appreciate your skill and effort, Gail. Both efforts hold intrigue, including, to Jack's point--How does the darn thing stay standing?
Engineering (not artistic) comment: the lintel (the stone or timber over the door) needs to be wider to support the doorway safely, but nobody other than the STEM geeks in your audience will care. 😁
Who knows, really, where our brains create our experiences! As I look at drawing #2 today, I can’t stop hearing Edvard Grieg’s “In The Hall Of The Mountain King”. This passageway may be the servants’ entrance?? Can you hear it too? 🙂
Perhaps today’s art and ideas encourage us to be willing and creative in re-framing our approaches to our day? Our relationships with others? Ourselves?
I applaud you for your second attempt! It is indeed a much different representation of the concept. There is no doubt about what you have captured, and anyone looking can clearly see the difference between the two pieces.
I appreciate them both for different reasons...
My question to you is, what did you learn from the process that you can share with us about what the experience taught you?
Repeating an exercise has no real merit, unless whatever is learned, is shared first internally, and then externally, if you choose.
(You know, like when asked). 😉
I remember somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind, where the cobwebs are, a conversation where someone described Michelangelo‘s concept of time. Supposedly, when he was painting the Sistine Chapel, someone once asked him about going to work so early and staying so late.
Michelangelo reportedly looked at them quizzically and said, what is this early and late that you speak of? I paint, it’s what I know, there is no early or late.
I think what he was basically saying he worked on whatever he was working on until he reached a stopping point. As an artist, I’m sure he clearly understood that art is never finished, and only abandoned, as stated by one of his colleagues.
Leonardo da Vinci — “Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
This is also an opportunity to appreciate your skill and effort, Gail. Both efforts hold intrigue, including, to Jack's point--How does the darn thing stay standing?
And now I just see a door in a stone wall! 😊
Engineering (not artistic) comment: the lintel (the stone or timber over the door) needs to be wider to support the doorway safely, but nobody other than the STEM geeks in your audience will care. 😁
Yes- it's definitely a magician's abode!
Who knows, really, where our brains create our experiences! As I look at drawing #2 today, I can’t stop hearing Edvard Grieg’s “In The Hall Of The Mountain King”. This passageway may be the servants’ entrance?? Can you hear it too? 🙂
Perhaps today’s art and ideas encourage us to be willing and creative in re-framing our approaches to our day? Our relationships with others? Ourselves?
Might the lintel be a faux work, concealing an actual pre-tensioned concrete beam? 🤔 😬