He probably can draw real scenes, and he can probably do them very nicely indeed. He's still not the risen Leonardo though. It's not the technical skill that makes someone a good artist, it's the vision and the thinking, combined with technical skill.
B > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Steven Desjardins > > But Bob, after the coming camera apocalypse this guy is all we'll have. > ;-) I would like to see if this guy can actually draw real scenes. > I've seen work by hyper realists and it's amazing. > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:07 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: "Bob W" > > > > > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > >>> Of Collin Brendemuehl > >>> > >>> ... who needs a camera! > >>> > >> > >> somebody does, since they're drawings of photographs. > >> > >>> http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/stunning-drawing-russian-girl- > n > >>> ot- > >>> photograph-170243830.html > >>> > >> > >> Studio practice has for centuries included students and apprentices > >> making faithful copies of master drawings and other works - this is > >> no different other than the thing they're copying. Any > >> academically-trained artist could do it. Being a good copyist is a > >> long way from being a good artist. > > > > > > Takes a little bit of talent to do it with a ball point pen though. > > > > Most people can't even do a crossword puzzle with them. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
