Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space class taught by Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Look at Paul Klee’s “The Thinking Eye.”
Look at “Point and Line to Plane” – Kandinsky.
When drawing the figure in space, use empathy – project yourself into the picture plane. Move yourself to the center of the picture plane.
Every action demands a reaction: in and concave – out and convex; in and up – out and down.
Implies counter-movement.
Make things bend for the demands of the flat surface.
Like movement in Cezanne’s Madame Cezanne.
In Cezanne’s landscapes, things get bigger as they go back in space – he’s projected himself into the landscape.
Think of Dufy’s scene through a fence.
Check out the view down Michigan Avenue towards the bridge.
Look up Munch again. Look for the catalog with seltzer bottle/bowler hat.
Development of the idea is the most important part – spend most time here. Perceptual or conceptual space?
Look at Odilon Redon in print and drawing room. “The Painter’s Eye.” or Mind. Romare Bearden, Carl Holty.
Wolf Kahn landscapes.
Cimabue – those weird hands!
View a gallery of drawings made in this way from this class.
