Soapstone + Other Stuff! - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Thu, Apr 12, 2007 1:14 AM On 2007-04-12 00:11, Tipua wrote: I remember having to do just that in Art class in High School! We were meant to draw what we wanted to sculpt, then produce a sculpture based on our drawings. I cheated and drew my sculpture AFTER I sculpted it! I got top marks! :lol: :lol: You wouldnt be the first to have done that either; it was standard practice for many of the jade students too! The idea is/was for the drawings to go through a series of 'developments' until an amazingly well conceived & thought through idea came to the fore. In actuality, many artists find that their vision arrives 'complete' right from the start & that sneaky reverse-engineering is needed to satisfy those who hand out the grades. I suspected that this was probably a global phenomenon. :lol: Tama

On 2007-04-12 00:11, Tipua wrote:
I remember having to do just that in Art class in High School! We were meant to draw what we wanted to sculpt, then produce a sculpture based on our drawings. I cheated and drew my sculpture AFTER I sculpted it! I got top marks! :lol:

:lol: You wouldnt be the first to have done that either; it was standard practice for many of the jade students too! The idea is/was for the drawings to go through a series of 'developments' until an amazingly well conceived & thought through idea came to the fore. In actuality, many artists find that their vision arrives 'complete' right from the start & that sneaky reverse-engineering is needed to satisfy those who hand out the grades. I suspected that this was probably a global phenomenon. :lol:

Tama

Post #298557 by Tamapoutini on Thu, Apr 12, 2007 1:14 AM