Look at Botticelli and Raphael
The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482–1486
tempera on canvas
172.5 cm × 278.5 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in)
Uffizi, Florence
Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Look at feet & hands like Raphael or Botticelli:
Find the Static and Dynamic Areas
Painting by Cezanne
Mount Saint-Victoire
1902-1904
Class notes from Painting the Figure in space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Look at Cezanne’s Mt. St. Victoire – picture is divided in to 3 horizontal bands: dark and warm on bottom, medium, warm & hot in center, light & blue at top.
Draw from Center Out
Class notes from Painting the Figure in space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Draw from center out. Work from bottom up, never top down.
Like riding a bike uphill.
Crunching up the space, like using your muscles. All this space to work with. Swooping down.
Draw from the Inside Out
Class notes from Drawing the figure in Space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Mark Tobey drawing diagram of fly flying around studio – what’s behind you is as important as the rest. Fly’s eye view.
1. Cezanne drew from inside out
2. Yin/yang – figure/ground.
3. Color – reacts against what’s behind it.
Go back to back wall – pull planes forward towards you.
To Create Form, Find an Equivalent for Life
Painting by Hans Hoffman
“The Golden Wall”
Oil on Canvas
59½ x 71½”
1961
Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Purpose: to create form; to find an equivalent for life.
Check out Frank Stella‘s “Working Spaces.” Exploring another area of cubism.
Project Yourself into the Picture Plane
Painting by Paul Cezanne
Madame Cezanne in a Red Armchair
aka “Hortense Fiquet in a Striped Skirt”
oil on canvas
1877-78
Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space class taught by Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Look at Paul Klee’s “The Thinking Eye.”
Look at “Point and Line to Plane” – Kandinsky.
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