More "Low Resolution" Studies
Added 2025-05-06 16:07:34 +0000 UTCUsing a big charcoal stick (digital or otherwise) is a great way to encourage simplification.
If your motive is to capture the big ideas of a subject—such as mood, gesture, or light/shadow contrast—a "low resolution" approach like this is quite effective.
When we render something more tightly, we inherently shift the focus from big statements to more specific statements. Neither is right nor wrong, but one can distract from the other. I think you can find ways to balance both, but it's tricky.
This looser, broader aesthetic also puts more emphasis on the abstract appeal of the marks themselves—the shapes, edges, and textures. That quality often gets lost in tighter rendering, which trades visual poetry for nuance and clarity.
When adding details, it's easy to get lost in the weeds. Just know: there's no rule that says a drawing needs to have more stuff in it. At some point stuff becomes clutter, especially when it distracts from the bigger ideas.
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I just looked him up. I've seen a few of his works before without name attached, but now I've just become a instant fan. Mood and Mystery sounds like a fitting description! But more so than that, his work shows just how much we can break up / depart from reality for whatever effect desired. There's a since of great freedom in that realization. Thanks for sharing! How was the workshop?
Lane.Draws
2025-05-09 19:59:34 +0000 UTCLovely work. If I am not careful, I tend to believe detail is going to make my drawing sing or save one with bad proportion, values or edge control. It never does. In fact, detail kills what I am most after. I just took a workshop from Terry Miura called "Mood and Mystery". He mostly paints from his own five minute gesture drawings to keep gesture and the big statement top of mind. He never paints features. Do you know his work?
Norman Bonney
2025-05-09 13:02:06 +0000 UTCThanks Kyllian!
Lane.Draws
2025-05-07 01:09:58 +0000 UTCGreat sketches! Lovely flow and edges.
Kyllian Guillart
2025-05-06 22:00:39 +0000 UTC
