Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Mark Tobey drawing diagram of a fly flying around the studio – what’s behind you is as important as the rest. Fly’s eye view.
1. Cezanne drew from inside out
2. Yin/yang – figure/ground.
3. Color – reacts against what’s behind it.
Go back to the back wall – pull planes forward towards you.
View a gallery of drawings made in this way from this class.