I'll be honest with you all--I am not a painting technician.
I read a lot about art and, as you know, love to look at paintings and drawings
all day long, but I am still a babe in the woods when it comes to many methods
and approaches to painting.
For example, I've heard a lot about the sight-size painting
method, but it's been challenging to find someone who can answer my questions
about it and really prep me on both the rudiments and the big-picture aspects
of it. But I was determined to dig up the story.
I mean, seeing the subject in a natural way that allows you
to compare your work directly to nature sounds pretty good to me. I knew that
with the sight-size method you position your surface side by side to what you
are drawing or painting, so that when you step back they are the same size and
you can view them together. But when I would ask people for details, they'd
scurry away with lame excuses, or I'd often I'd read a good article and have
questions that I couldn't get answered.
Is it really that complicated? Fortunately, I found that it
is not--thanks to Judith Kudlow, an expert instructor and practicing artist who has
just completed her new DVD, Classical
Painting: The Realist Sight-Size Method. Here's a free video clip from the DVD that answered my questions: where this approach came from and why, how to improve my
hand-eye accuracy, and how to conquer proportions, which is one of my biggest and continuous
challenges (never let me paint you--your head will always be way too small or
way too big).
Like I said, I know I have a lot to learn, but what keeps me
from getting overwhelmed and crying in the corner is that I'm always game for
trying. I now feel ready to try sight-size, which seems like the gateway for
rendering accurately, and Kudlow's painting instruction is what gave me the confidence to do that. Classical
Painting: The Realist Sight-Size Method definitely gave me the answers I
wanted and a start on the technical savvy that I need. I hope it is the same
for you. Enjoy!
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The sight-size method revealed!
It’s not life-size, it’s the size you see when you use the foolproof system: the sight-size method.
Transform your paintings with well executed drawings—top atelier instructor Judith Kudlow shows you how from start to finish in her brand-new workshop from American Artist!
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