Mind’s Eye
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EACH TO THEIR OWN DEVICES
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In his book ‘Secret Knowledge’ Hockney and Professor Martin Kemp, discuss known visual procedures of past Masters. This evidentiary material allows the reader to arrive at their own conclusions. There is more than enough scholarly evidence that Vermeer, and many others, used a form of ‘Camera Obscura’ or curved mirror as a visual aide in
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A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS ABOUT OBSERVATION
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Observational skills are an essential aspect but not the most paramount by far. The master draughtsman never draws what they see, they draw what they know to look for. The master draughtsman doesn’t shade to turn form, they SHAPE it with planes to create form. They don’t copy nature they interpret it. Their skill-sets are
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Brain Food
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Unlike a camera the draugthsman has a brain. We see with are brain via our eyes.