RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: YouTube - Elephant Painting

2008-03-29 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:49 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: YouTube - Elephant Painting >Just for clarification, with these realistic figural works, the elephant

[FairfieldLife] Re: YouTube - Elephant Painting

2008-03-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've looked at some of the other elephant painting links and I'm a > little less convinced that the elephant in question is operating > with some sense that s/he "knows" that it's a depiction of an > elephant th

[FairfieldLife] Re: YouTube - Elephant Painting

2008-03-29 Thread Marek Reavis
I've looked at some of the other elephant painting links and I'm a little less convinced that the elephant in question is operating with some sense that s/he "knows" that it's a depiction of an elephant that's being drawn, and is more likely a very well-trained performer. But, boy-oh-boy, is s

[FairfieldLife] Re: YouTube - Elephant Painting

2008-03-29 Thread Marek Reavis
This video is too amazing for words. At first I assumed that the elephant was merely taught to paint that, which if true, would still be amazing (and amazingly difficult I would have thought); but the use of overlap to depict perspective (the legs farther away are interrupted by both the body