Douglas Witmer
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
past figuration
As promised...here's another episode of "lost and found in the studio." I believe these are the most recent figure drawings I've made. From the dates they were completed exactly 8 years ago this week. The media are vine charcoal, conte crayon, graphite, acrylic, and I also think I used lithographer's tusche. [click each to enlarge] At the time I was in graduate school at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts teaching figure drawing to advanced placement high school seniors, all of whom were incredibly talented and serious. I loved it. In fact I still see a few of my students from that class around town.
Occasionally I would also draw with the class. The head teacher (my boss) was pretty suspect of my approach. I wasn't making figurative work at this time. Actually I was making square formatted abstract "pools" of color. But observation and gesturalism were at my core...still are, really.
I'm not sure if these drawings are "good" or not. But they all have activity in them that I like.
Labels: drawing
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