Draw from Center Out

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Drawing the Figure in Space
Draw from Center Out
Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991

Draw from center out. Work from bottom up, never top down.

Like riding a bike uphill.

Crunching up the space, like using your muscles. All this space to work with. Swooping down.

2D & 3D working together.

Books – Henry Moore, National Gallery, Sharaku.

Split planes, like Cezanne’s still lifes.

Modigliani, Picasso.

in & up (compressed); out & down.

Mondrian, eyeball.

Holbein for eyes & mouth.

View a gallery of drawings made in this way from this class. 

To Create Form, Find an Equivalent for Life

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Drawing the Figure in Space
Painting by Hans Hoffman "The Golden Wall" Oil on Canvas 59½ x 71½" 1961
Painting by Hans Hoffman “The Golden Wall” Oil on Canvas 59½ x 71½” 1961

 

Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991

Purpose: to create form; to find an equivalent for life.

Check out Frank Stella‘s “Working Spaces.” Exploring another area of cubism.

Cut up something and rearrange it within a grid. Implied floorplane.

Look at Hoffman‘s “Golden Wall” in the museum.

Look at Holbein for eyes, mouth. Look at Giacometti.

Nose and ear are often parallel, curved or straight, whatever.

View a gallery of drawings made in this way from this class.