Tag: Man Ray

The Year Of Drawing Adventurously – Week 19: Eyes

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Following the chart to 52 drawings this year.

I picked up my drawing pencils in 2016 after a very long hiatus. I had written a kids science fiction story and thought it would be cool to have illustrations. Long story short, my first attempts were terrible. In addition, I couldn’t visualize exactly what I wanted to sketch. Back to the drawing board… literally. In order to improve and to teach myself anew, I started using photography for inspiration. I have a coffee table book of Man Ray’s stunning images, so I started paging through. “Glass Tears” is one of his most famous photos and is part of a large collection of photographic art owned by Sir Elton John. I had the privilege of seeing this collection in person last year when it was on exhibition at The Tate in London. That’s me in the selfie reflection:

I decided to draw this again because it features ‘eyes’ so prominently. Here is my “Glass Tears” sketch:

When you can’t write….

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It seems I have a short attention span. Writing continuously for the past three days on my novel has already taken its toll. But in the spirit of remaining creative and yet giving the writing a rest, I picked up the pencils to sketch. I’m still struggling with symmetry and I don’t have the angles quite right, but it’s an improvement I think… Voila:

And here’s the photo I copied:

Meret Oppenheim 1934, Man Ray

Sketching from a photograph

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I have discovered that my sketching definitely goes better when I have something to copy. A few weeks back, I sketched a photo I took of seagulls on the beach. Since then I made a sketch of a Marcel Duchamp photo which I wasn’t super thrilled with, but the following sketch: Man Ray’s 1931 photograph – Fleurs, turned out much better.