Author: mentler
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The Barnstone Banter
Myron Barnstone taught in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania for over 35 years. He single-handedly keep Classical drawing traditions alive and well for many hundreds of students. The following link will take you to a few of Myron’s very insightful newsletters: Barnstone Newsletters
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Humble Pie
“It has been said that the criticism of art by an artist is never anything else than an apology for his own work. This is so far true that the expression of opinions definitely held must be the expression of ideals consciously striven for, but I should be sorry to have it thought that my…
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Classical Aesthetics
https://faculty.mtsac.edu/cmcgruder/index.html (500 B.C.E. – 400 C.E.) Aesthetics is a modern term. It entered the philosophical vocabulary in the eighteenth century. Art and its effects attracted attention of thinkers virtually from the beginning of Western thought. Art is so closely associated with the central cultural and religious forms of life in the classical world that it was…
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Keeper of the Keys
The Venerable Society of Arts & Artists has taken up the stewardship of design integrity. If for no other reason than someone has to do it. We will be assuming the roll of defender of the citadel of design and universal truths. If this seems pontifical to some, so be it. Are there those who are better…
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Sight-Size Critique
“In time it became very clear to me that teaching the sight-size method was a bad idea; instead of being beneficial this method was harmful to the students. I found this method to be a mindless, mechanical transfer process, which retarded the development of the student’s artistic eye: development of which is based on seeing…
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The Bargue Debacle
Breakdown in Classical Tradition Many current ‘realist’ ateliers and academies use the Charles Bargue Drawing Course and a tool to teach beginning students how to draw. This is based on the misconception that the purpose of the course was to teach artists how to draw. Nothing could be farther from the truth and the record…
