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Published: 2007-10-04 15:42:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 398; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 3
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These are some preliminary drawings I did when I did my Abstract Male pastel drawing [link] , which later became this painting:[link]
I don't usually do a lot of prelims like this, but since I was pretty noob at abstract, I decided to play it safe and just sketch first until I got a feel for line, space, etc.
The edge of the pastel is on the left, for scale (it was a large drawing!)-most of the prelims are 18"x24" or larger.
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Very nice. Would have never thought that you would have been a noob at abstract.
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Oh, yeah, when I took a workshop in abstract art, I just stared at the drawing paper wondering "what the hell am I doing here? I'm a surrealist!" Then the professor suggested that I just start making lines influenced by the form of the figure, and suddenly it all made sense. Then I couldn't stop-ended up doing that whole series in my gallery, and has even spread to sculptures I'm working on now.
Thanks for looking!
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Ok...you are going to have to excuse my ignorance. But I thought surrealism was abstract art. Please correct this assumption.
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Surrealism deals with dream-like imagery, often distorted like you were viewing it thru some sort of weird eyeglasses or something. Despite being dream-like, it is often quite realistic, except for the aforementioned distortions. Abstract on the other hand is the ultimate simplification of something real (though there is a form of abstract which isn't based on anything). So surrealism is often quite detailed and sort of realistic, while the abstract removes unnecessary detail and simplifies everything.
A smiley face is an abstraction of a smile for example-2 dots and a curve gets across the idea of a human face and suggests happiness, even though 2 dots and a curve are pretty simple imagery.
At least that's how I define the 2.
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Good explaination. You can have something that is "real" that is actually surreal by a shift of perspective. Where abstract is pulling away from the real and making it more symbolic.
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