How To Draw - Fundamentals Of Portrait Drawing

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1、FundamentalsofPortraitDrawingMichaelBritton2ndEditionharacteristheessentialtruthofanynaturalobject,whetheruglyorbeauti-Cful;itisevenwhatonemightcalladoubletruth,foritistheinnertruth…Everythinginnaturehascharacter;fortheunswervingdirectnessofhis[sic]observationsearchesoutthe

2、hiddenmeaningofallthings.AndthatwhichisconsidereduglyinnatureoftenpresentsmorecharacterthanthatwhichisAndasitissolelythepowerofcharacterwhichmakesforbeautyinart,itoftenhappensthattheuglierabeingisinnature,themorebeautifulThereisnothinguglyinartexceptthatwhichiswithoutcharac

3、ter,thatistosay,thatwhichoffersnoouterorinnertruth.Whateverisfalse,whateverisartificial,whateverseekstobeprettyratherthanexpressive,whateveriscapriciousandaffected,whateversmileswithoutmotive,bendsorstrutswithoutcause,ismanneredwithoutreason;allthatiswithoutsoulandwithoutso

4、ulandwithouttruth;allthatisonlyaparadeofbeautyandgrace;all,inshort,thatlies,isuglinessinartWhenanartist,intendingtoimproveuponnature,addsgreentothespringtime,rosetothesunrise,carminetoyounglips,hecreatesuglinessbecausehelies.Whenhesoftensthegrimaceofpain,theshapelessnessofa

5、ge,thehideousnessofperversion,whenhearrangesnatureveiling,disguising,temperingittopleasetheignorantpublicthenheiscreatinguglinessbecausehefearsthetruth.Toanyartist,worthyofthename,allinnatureisbeautiful,becausehiseyes,fearlesslyacceptingallexteriortruth,readthere,asinanop

6、enbook,alltheinnertruth.Hehasonlytolookintoahumanfaceinordertoreadtherethesoulwithinnotafeaturedeceiveshim;hypocrisyisastransparentassinceritythelineofaforehead,theleastliftingofabrow,theflashofaneye,revealtohimallthesecretsofaheart.AugusteRodinTheProblemofSeeingandDrawin

7、gWeallsee,moreorless,thesame.Itisourperceptionofwhatisseenthatisthemajorstumblingblocktodrawingwhatwesee.Thisstumblingblockofperceptionisacceptingsymbolicpreconceptionsforwhatisreallythere.Forvariousreasons,whenwebegintodrawwerefusetoaccepttherealityofwhatwearelookingat.Ast

8、udentwillconcentratetheirgazeupon,say,anose,conscientiouslynoteeveryindentationand