Your Work Must Grow

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Class Notes
Painting by Arshile Gorky The Artist's Mother, 1926 or 1936 Charcoal on ivory laid paper 630 x 485 mm
Painting by Arshile Gorky The Artist’s Mother, 1926 or 1936 Charcoal on ivory laid paper 630 x 485 mm

 

 

Class notes, from Advanced Drawing Studio with Barbara Rossi, SAIC, 1991

Look at Gorky’s portrait of his mother in our collection.

Focus on the theme, medium, or image of our work – substantial # of drawings – qualitative development of an idea through many works.  Sketchbook, also.

Work must grow.

Make a collection of whatever subject or form for our project.

Look at Mona Lisa, other Renaissance portraits.