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I was
talking with a painter recently, and the conversation turned toward the
new “Artists’ Sketches” portion of the annual Western Visions
Miniatures and More Show, held at the National Museum of Wildlife
Art in Jackson, Wyoming.
He said to me, “You know, I just don’t see what the big deal is about
DRAWING. I don’t see why people think it’s so IMPORTANT. I’d rather
spend my time painting.”
After
I spewed my mouthful of chocolate milk across the room, and did my level
best to gather up my shocked, dismayed, and slightly affronted wits, I
said to him, in essence, “I honestly don’t believe that one can cover up
a bad drawing with a lot of paint, and hope to call it good ART.”
However, unfortunately, that’s exactly what a I see a lot of painters
doing today – with the specific intention of calling their work “SOLD”
(and as quickly as possible), and not necessarily caring if it’s worthy
of being thought of as “ART.”
I see the market being flooded these days with large, decorative,
poorly drawn and hastily completed canvases – and the subject matter, it
would seem, no longer matters.
It’s
almost as if the ability to draw well is becoming a lost art – and to
me, ART would be lost without it.
Well,
that’s why we here at Rosebud Studios are taking a stand for Drawing and
Sketching. We’re mavericks, by golly, and that’s why we’re devoting an
entire page of our website to drawings and sketches. You’ll see
everything here from hastily scribbled thumbnails to fully-rendered
drawings – and maybe even an errant cartoon or two, just to lighten
things up a bit.
We
stand firm in our belief that the ability to draw well – and the
dedication to draw often – are among the most basic and important
foundations for soundly constructed and therefore beautiful pieces of
art. As artists, it’s not only our right and privilege, but our
obligation, our sacred duty, not only to learn to draw well, but to
constantly seek to improve our skills and expand our knowledge as
draftsmen (and women).
One
might even say that, here at Rosebud Studios, we’re firmly committed to
“draw baby, draw.”
Enjoy!
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