Balthus

Artists to Look at for Atmosphere

Painting by Ferdinand Hodler
Lake Geneva as seen from Chexbres,
oil on canvas
1905

Class notes from Advanced Drawing with Barbara Rossi, SAIC,1991

For help with my current work, look at:

Heiderrat, India – rock formations like Enchanted Rock from National Geographic or Life.

Ferdinand Hodler for narrative.

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Start Where You Are. Move On from There.

Copy after Chagall’s “Birth”
The Art Institute of Chicago
Pencil on paper
7″ x 5″
© 1991
Marilyn Fenn

Class Notes from Advanced Studio Drawing, taught by Barbara Rossi, Fall 1991

Purpose of class: development of personal resources, more inventive with how you represent things; more significant to you.

Look at modes of representation, both Western & other.

It happens by doing it all the time – TOTAL COMMITMENT!

Start where you are. Move on from there. Maximize your good points, push them further.

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