just a quick sketch showing my idea of a soldier eating when he hears action nearby
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06
Feb
10
Mealtime…
just a quick sketch showing my idea of a soldier eating when he hears action nearby
You’re back! Hurray! This is a cool sketch, K. I like the attention to the searching eye and the eating being secondary to what is really going on here. This is what I like best, where I can see your entire process on the page. Do you think artists only appreciate that? At an early age, before I started drawing, I gravitated to drawings like this. It seemed to give more life to a form than a photograph can. Maybe it’s the suggestion of movement.
Thanks Leslie! I’m not sure if only artists only appreciate that, I know I do. I always loved looking at etchings as a kid, some of which are real sketchy but that do seem to give more life than a photograph. I think it is the suggestion of movement, but also just that, a “suggestion” rather than a snapshot, so that, rather than trying to be a perfect image at which to look and accept as being completely life-like, it allows the viewer’s mind to figure out what’s going on and think about it. To fill in the gaps so to speak, which means more viewer participation, which is always a good thing.