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Seeing Effectively
“Forgetting” means that “we try to suspend what we think we know about its identity and instead see it as a composite of basic visual elements like shapes, forms, lines, value-shapes, etc |
See the way a baby sees, a random splash of lights, colors, and other basic elements. They have no concept of what certain objects are. |
Be aware of what your eyes see, as if you were seeing a picture frame. |
See things in terms of basic visual elements like lines, shapes, and forms instead of "objects" |
Concentrate on the subject more than the paper |
Try not to focus on a tiny section of what you see, instead view what you see as a whole |
See the visual elements by visualizing them on top of what you see. It's the same way you see negative spaces. |
Forgetting the Subject
Image from Alphonso Dunn's video "Common Contradictory Drawing Advice Pt. 3"
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What to Think About?
Drawing can be described as look, hold draw. Look at the subject, hold at line or shape in your head, then draw it. |
Orient your thoughts to be more practical. Give them a bigger focus on the subject rather than the drawing itself |
Drawing mostly happens in your head, not on the paper. Make sure you know what you're going to draw before you put it down. |
It is easier to draw lines, shapes, and forms than it is to draw objects. |
You should be thinking purely visually without using symbols to draw. |
Visualization
Focus more on what you're visualizing than what you're seeing |
You visualize what you see on the page. It's as if the drawing was actually in front of you and you are tracing it. |
Visualize in 3 dimensions rather than a flat space. |
Mindfulness/Peripheral Awareness
Be aware of the senses you body takes in. What happens is your conscious/brain space is being taken up by the awareness of these thoughts. You’re essentially letting your consciousness and thoughts be overwhelmed by the sensations you feel. |
So when you’re drawing, the image of what you see is actively inside your mind. |
The best way to do this is treat it like a watchful alert/radar system that scans the present moment for these sensations and thoughts. |
Noting them actually happens in your conscious. The sensations actually happen in them. |
It’s important not to have thoughts ABOUT these sensations, only focus on the sensations themselves. |
Basic Visual Vocabulary
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Position |
Line |
Length, direction, angle, division |
Shape |
Two-dimensional area |
Form |
Three Dimensional Volume |
Space |
The volume in which forms and objects exist. |
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