It was fascinating to see the work of John Tchelenko with eye movement and drawing. Being able to see that difference in eye movement of an ametuer compared to a skilled artist is insightful. I had expected the professional to have eye movement all over the place to be able to catch the whole image, but with their eyes having a specific focus on one area that they drew, it demonstrates their thinking and seeing process. That piece of technology also offers ways how science can perhaps break the secret to drawing.
An artist’s work that I enjoy is David Shrigley. The darkness of his lines and the words that accompany his work is witty. His work is kind of nightmarish but also realistic. His line work reminds me of a child’s but more focused. His drawings are simple and cartoonish which intrigues me and he manages to effortlessly capture the movement in the images. There is also humor in his work which I find nice.
The cave art was also interesting. They were a lot better than what I am used to being shown about cave art, especially with the color and shading. I thought it was interesting that they compared that art to Nadia Chomyn as a way of saying the cave artist might have also been autisitic in a sense. Nadia had an exceptional ability to draw which is common for children with autism, where they excel in a specialty, but just because her work and the cave art is similar is not evidence that the cave artist was also on the spectrum. Perhaps the artist was on the spectrum but there is also no lie that some people are born with more talent than others. The cave artist could have been naturally talented or practiced a lot. Perhaps other cave art was their work but then they started improving how they drew.