"The color of the air", how poetic! We are all influenced by the light, particularly from where we grew up in the world. Also, remarkable to have cataract surgery and discover, since my doctor did one at a time with a week in-between, to blink for that week back and forth between my more sepia (warmer) past to the clearer (cooler) future. The difference between them was like a Photoshop filter. It also heightened my ability to match colors.
Five days, but how long were the sessions? The figure drawings/paintings at my atelier were usually done in 30-40 hours, but over the course of several weeks (two or three 3-hour sessions per week). I’m wondering how many hours the 19th century students spent.
That book ,"American Painters and Their French Teachers " sounds fascinating.In "The Art Spirit",Robert Henri has a really interesting discussion about the "long study".
( pages 27-30). I know his own teaching style was a bit counter to his experiences at the Academie Julian.So many great American artists studied in Paris during that time...and often went on to do work that was very different from "academic" painting .I think that is a testament to both the value and the limitations of that kind of training.
"The color of the air", how poetic! We are all influenced by the light, particularly from where we grew up in the world. Also, remarkable to have cataract surgery and discover, since my doctor did one at a time with a week in-between, to blink for that week back and forth between my more sepia (warmer) past to the clearer (cooler) future. The difference between them was like a Photoshop filter. It also heightened my ability to match colors.
Me too!
That poor model.
Five days, but how long were the sessions? The figure drawings/paintings at my atelier were usually done in 30-40 hours, but over the course of several weeks (two or three 3-hour sessions per week). I’m wondering how many hours the 19th century students spent.
That book ,"American Painters and Their French Teachers " sounds fascinating.In "The Art Spirit",Robert Henri has a really interesting discussion about the "long study".
( pages 27-30). I know his own teaching style was a bit counter to his experiences at the Academie Julian.So many great American artists studied in Paris during that time...and often went on to do work that was very different from "academic" painting .I think that is a testament to both the value and the limitations of that kind of training.
Fascinating…and quite the challenge for model and student.