Homework 13 – The Secret of Drawing 3 – All in the Mind

The story on John Tchelenko and his eye tracker is fascinating. Figuring out how the brain works during the act of drawing is interesting to see the results. I could relate to when he said that he felt he had a lack of codes or practices. For people who are not as well versed in drawing when trying to draw an extremely complicated figure, you want to draw all the specifics of the figure but feel like you don’t know how to capture the complexities on the paper. John explained that the beginner tries to draw the lines that they see whereas the expert decides what the line is but using different methods. The eye tracker showed that the expert looks at the subject with purpose. Looking at the subject is extremely important. The next part that interested me was the part about Pablo Picasso. He attempted to explore how to draw like a 5-year-old. The reason for this is because children are unable to stop themselves from accessing their subconscious mind, to them, they are one in the same. This amount of creativity and ability to stop thinking and allow your mind to take over is fascinating to me. I am a very analytical person so this skill is foreign to me. Michael Landy seems odd. I thought it was interesting how he changed his style so fast. He even started creating sculptures. I thought its interesting how artists let the mediums choose them rather than wanting to choose their medium. 

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