The Book

I have been thinking some more about the content for a: How to Make Pictures book. My old ambition was to make the best How to Draw Book available, now I have changed that to making a book that comprehensively explains the major systems used in picture making.

I think they will be:
1. Space, with the sub-category of Form
2. Color
3. Composition

I am sick, and my body is achy, so that is all I am writing tonight. Just wanted to keep you in the know on my book project.

You can get a copy of my book that is filled with the drawings from my journals in Afghanistan, click here.

Idea Part Duex

So the idea I started to write about earlier, a manuscript that details the major concepts in image making rather than the two current main points of emphasis I find taught in most universities and colleges: narrative and you would think its polar opposite (but they are really unrelated) technique.

Neither narrative or technique focus on the main point of learning to be an image maker. They are tangential, and besides that they are confusing, and besides being confusing are often taught by ideologues! They exist in art too, not just politics!



But if you can teach someone how to create space, render form, and think in color without being didactic and resorting to recreating your techniques for them to learn then you have started someone on the path to being an image maker. Being an artist is up to them in my opinion, you have to lead the horse to water so to speak!

Sculptures for Teaching

I made 2 sculptures from painted foamcore. I am using them to teach color, light, and form.

I am going to make more complex ones, these are the first two.