Drawings and Sketches

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! 

Available at

 "The Wild and the Beautiful; Three Unique Perspectives on the West."
  December 15-21, 2010

Mountain Trails Gallery
  155 Center Street
  PO Box 4702
  Jackson, WY  83001
  307.734.8150
  website: www.mtntrails.net
  email: fineart@mtntrails.net

Available at

 "The Wild and the Beautiful; Three Unique Perspectives on the West."
  December 15-21, 2010

Mountain Trails Gallery
  155 Center Street
  PO Box 4702
  Jackson, WY  83001
  307.734.8150
  website: www.mtntrails.net
  email: fineart@mtntrails.net 

Available at
The 23rd Annual Western Visions Miniatures and More Show, Sketches Exhibit
  Friday September 17, 2010
  National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
  For more information, please visit www.wildlifeart.org
  Or call 307-733-5771 and ask for the enchanting Ms. Jennifer Lee

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