注:从美坛转过来。
We are a (free) member on Flickr - a photo sharing website used by people around the world. Each year in the Dec holiday season, Flickr will host a "your best shot of the year" contest and select the top 25 among the best to show all. One particular winning photo in the "Top 25 of 2020" caught my eye and my heart. It was titled "Happy Birthday Adam!" by Iwona Podlasińska from Poland (see photo below), with a moving description:
"I remember this day very clearly because things weren’t as they usually are. I remember I didn’t have my car, and I had to take my son to the speech therapist that day, and we took the bus, which was a great adventure for my son as we usually use cars. We came back home earlier than usual. I was doing something around the house when I noticed that my son Adam watched TV, sitting on the floor, petting the cat with one hand. The cat was on the couch. It was a sunny day, and they seemed to shimmer in that light […] I think I asked him to touch the cat’s nose with his nose. I immediately knew I would love this photo."
We also have a (rescued) cat at home and we love him to death. So I took out my drawing board, paper, pencil, and drew this photo using our own cat as a model (he didn't like it, but obeyed as a good boy usually does).
When finished, I sent a photo of my drawing to Iwona, to show my respect and appreciation of her beautiful original photo.
Cheers and Happy holidays!
西岛
• 沙发。早安,西岛mm! -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) (3 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 08:08:09
• 谢谢 with green tea! -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) (1 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 08:13:55
• Thanks for sharing Iwona's photography and the heartwarming -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) (1 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 08:14:41
• story behind the photos. That's a great picture. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) (0 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 08:17:02
• 占位点赞 ,被素描惊艳到了。。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) (5 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 08:08:20
• The sketch based on the photo is fantastic !Really amazing ! -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) (2 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 08:33:07
• Wow, a professional artist ~ ~ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) (1 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 08:35:50
• 谢谢。是个冒牌的艺术家呵,退休了好几年才开始画一点点儿,上了几天素描课,然后两天“钓鱼”三月“晒网”哈。 -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) (0 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 16:34:34
• +100086! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) (0 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 10:12:49
• +100087!:)) -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) (2 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 10:28:40
• 谢谢你和楼上7兄的鼓励,还谢谢你们让我今天学到了+10008x呵。哈哈。 -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) (1 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 16:41:39
• The pencil drawing you did is so incredible. Well done! -老林子里的夏天- ♂ (0 bytes) (2 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 10:17:13
• Thanks!I only wish I could control watercolour like you ;) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) (1 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 16:44:16
• 猫步真优雅 -唐歌- ♀ (0 bytes) (1 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 11:03:28
• 是啊,绝对的T台步哈。谢谢。 -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) (0 reads) 12/27/2023 postreply 16:45:18
我的回复在我”@BJG苍白无力的谎言 “文下。
Appreciate your comments!
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這兩張圖技術上很明顯是:先畫好綫條然後再有限的空間裏慢慢“填表格”一樣的上色。既然是"limited volume",那不妨往精巧的方向發揮(而不是‘宏大’的寫意或高深的意境那種——這也是油畫/山水畫大家喜歡做的)。因此我只說些能說的純粹技術性的事……
如果是自己調的色的話。。。
比如第一圖我可能會用更深的帶一絲暗紅的棕黑色(就是:檀木家具那種色),然後我淺的部分我會使用更多接近白色的(Tan或Khaki混合純白)——突出森林的幽暗與陽光照明。
第二圖沃會選擇更灰些的色調來畫牆壁的顔色,而屋頂我不會這麽“粉”。而是調成種“明亮的鐵灰粉”為底色然後再混合第一圖那種棕色——50-50,然後再稀釋——來畫影子的部分。
……總之我握筆如執劍,而且下筆時/後我在那一筆畫完之前是不會眨眼的。
反正這是我對(悶搔風的)德意志Neo-Romanticism和北歐(性冷淡風的)National-Romanticism(的水彩畫的基本技巧)的理解(我不知道你畫畫的‘追求’,也就瞎評一下)。
(嗯,撤了吧)
所以一般美術學院基本很難進。和大學不同,一般的高中好文憑根本沒用;就要看畫工——怎麽看取決於當年的申請sample的theme那種。畫完了還得寫個written presentation表達創作概念。guess what? 等我一進之後發現,全是我在哲學課上的同學。
明白你的意思,不过觉得数学和艺术(除音乐外)还是有不同的,类似于理性和感性的概念不同。
还觉得画画者有两类之分:工匠和艺术家。一个好的艺术家应该也具备工匠的技能;但不是每一个工匠,即使有很好的技能,都能成为艺术家。希特勒的画我看的不多,或许可能还是在工匠之类?
我自己是非常懒惰和业余的,所以不觉得此生能达到工匠的水平。But maybe in the next life? hahaha.
我也试过水彩画。加放两张在上面让你看看笑笑哈。I will take them off afterwards, for another future post (possibly).
Btw,tell you a secret: 希特勒沒考上純屬腦殘一根筋。因為同樣的投稿sample它要是報考設計學院一準早被錄取了,希特勒那套繪畫原則是Futurist學派的,強調建築宏偉而無視人體的美——偏偏這套審美取向又是維也納美院最不屑的(至今依然是)。
美術學院一般招生會出個幾個theme,然後讓學生自己依照theme自由的畫去——一般指定必須多少個素描(比如:五張畫必需三張是素描)。因此被錄取者一般默認你會素描。
而那套細分油畫、素描等等現場考試的那套大陸的美術學院的方式是……蘇維埃搞出來的。蘇維埃的那套名為審美實則審丑的美術觀因為沒有想象力,反而特別喜歡強調素描基本功。
而諷刺的是蘇維埃和納粹在美術的審美上全都是拾futurism玩剩下的牙慧,原始伊斯蘭反而反對畫人臉——波斯被伊斯蘭征服之後,藍色染料因為被禁止用來藝術創作,結果只能販賣到中國,成就了兩宋和以後青花瓷(對,好的青花瓷的青色其實用的是波斯藍)。
Shiraz葡萄酒是波斯地名,實際上真正在本土滅絕是1979年以後——一個道理。
据说现在(西方)的美院不很强调素描了。我自己觉得素描是功底,必要打扎实了才好去作别的画。特别是我在Antibes的Picasso美术馆里看到了他早期很震撼的素描,才明白他的抽象画后面是有多么深的素描底子呵。
But I am not a real artist, just do it for fun, and only do it if an image moves me.
Thanks for dropping by ;-)。
画得好,文也写得好,在博客可以再加上中文:)西岛和禾儿先生都好厉害!
谢谢两位美眉的夸奖哈(又敲了几个字,突然发现都是我在回复居士时的同样字样,就不再多解释了)。顺祝周末愉快!
是那张照片太动人了,好像不画不行。其实我的业余“技术”很一般,但画着让我动心了的画,慢慢地觉得画中人和猫咪一点儿一点儿地活了起来,到最后觉得不是我在画,而是画在推着我的笔画,那种感觉非常“奇妙”非常享受呵。