Relax and think of happy trees.
Posted on 10/17/2006 9:01:12 PM PDT by verum ago
Relax and think of happy trees.
LOL! The more you look at it the more obscene it gets.
I never could get what there was to admire about picasso's work.
Pablo
Put some ice on that.
Don't know why, but I think this story is hilarious.
:Yes.
I did not gather marraige, as her extra finger was lobbed off and it was a purely sexual event for him but he felt overwhelmed by her natural desires as a woman to root/commit.
Well she lost in the in with a pud stuck for ever in history on the side of her head.
Picasso's oversexed unfruitful whore. Notice the black over her uterine area...he was boinking her and she was getting on his last nerve????
Wow I will slow down and look at stuff now...esp..life as it imitates Art...LOL
Art is cool.
my son has his room filled with one local artist and my quiet room is filled with another local artist.
We all inadvertantly met today and all we could say was all ya'll serve purpose in giving us joy, peace and Prayful time in the Art we have chosen to line the walls of our home with.
LOL Helps that we are all of one Catholic faith too... no we don't hang out just have 2 common threads wonderful Art and our Catholic faith/family.
I love art so much..get all the mags on such.
Frank LLoyd is a fave too.
Look at what you started just by a News story.
Thank You.
This is a fantastic thread.
Marty Feldman, the actor in The Young Frankenstein suffered from exophthalmia, a condition related to Feldman's lifelong struggle with hyperthyroidism.
Retinitis pigmentosa is a heritable disease of the retina, affecting the photoreceptor cells on the retina. As RP progresses, the photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) die off and the affected person first loses peripheral vision then eventually becomes totally blind.
There is no obvious physical manifestation/ change in outward appearance of someone who has retinitis pigmentosa as the article described Wynn as having.
In severe cases of Hyperthyrodism somtimes diagnosed as Graves the reason for the bulging eyeballs is the fatty tissue diposits in such area.
Also common with Goiter and other thyroid endrocronogical diseases.
If treated in a timely matter with say Graves the fatty tissue will reabsorb but in chronic cases surgery may be required if the bulge is so pronounced that the eyelid cannot close over it.
Hence when I get tired my right eye protudes (due to severe graves now post) and my left eye reabsorbed the fatty so it appears normal. LOL I am half Marty when extremely tired.
Twasn't me friend. I just lurk here till I find somethin' worth opining about. ; )
Earlier, you said "The way you get detail like that is to use a pinhole lens," and "If you prefer that sort of thing, fine. Just don't call it 'art'". What exactly were you trying to say? What about the painting in post #134 makes it "not art"?
I've seen enough good artists at work to realize that projectors and tracings are not necessary to achieve what is commonly referred to as "realism." It's true that many artists do use them, but there are many who also do not. A good draftsman is actually slowed down by the use of "optical" aids.
As for detail, the general theory before the advent of so called photo realism has been that that the eye sees too much, that most of the seen detail should be left out of the work. Only the relevant and desired details are put in - they suggest the others if the artist knows what he is about.
If one examines a Bouguereau painting, there are a lot of details left out. On the other hand, one is not concious of the missing details as one would be with some coarser styles.
Yeah, Bouguereau's work is not exactly coarse. But trying to put in too much detail is a fairly common error of beginners. Although modern photorealism does seem to specialize in it. Imitating photography seems like something of a pointless artform to me...although perhaps the pointlessness is the point!
My opinion is that relying on "optical aids" is harmful to the drawing skills of the artist if they are used too much...artists need to draw a lot to stay "in training" just as athletes need to work out regularly for the same reason. You hear that heard so often that even many of the guys who do abstract are believers in drawing pretty much daily.
I happen to really like that picture in post 134, been a favorite for awhile. I wouldn't mind seeing it in person.
That is so true. We framed our childrens' artwork and have them hanging in our home. It's amazing how awesome they look! (and cheap!)
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