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This author is making the point that in creating contemporary art there is still value in looking at more classical forms of art making. However, the difference is that instead of just approaching classical ways of making art, such as figure drawing, as a pure mode of creating to recontextualize this form of art making in away that addresses the way artists are creating work today. So students can learn to develop more traditional skills, but also see how a medium such as figure drawing can change the way they view themselves, they view people in advertising, the way they view their peers, etc. Or in other words showing the power of a medium when used in a current context. What is your experience with drawing the human figure both in and out of school? I personally have very little experience drawing the human form in a classroom context. I took a drawing class where we drew from a plate bust of a human form and also had to do self portraits, but that is a severely limited scope without much depth. Out of a classroom setting I mostly experimented with drawing people, but they were usually very cartoonish and had exaggerated proportions and body types. There were a few times when I would try to consider how a body would be positioned and then I would try to create that pose with my own body and then try to think about how I would draw it while considering the pose I was in. How would you approach this topic? For me I would address figure drawing as another way of seeing something. Realizing that while you are drawing it becomes the objectification of a personas you look at the shapes in a person's body and try to match what you are seeing on paper. As well as noticing the ways you view the various kinds of people you interact with both personally and through removed media such as television, magazines, internet searches, etc. |
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