ESSAYS
Copper Paintings |
Drawing is My Bedrock ▼ |
Push Pins Paper Planes |
Metaphor Illusion Reality |
Three Way Vanitas |
DRAWING IS MY BEDROCK by Scott Fraser Drawing is my bedrock as an artist. All my work is built around it. I begin most of my paintings as a small thumbnail sketch, to see if the concept will work. Also, I often use drawings as pr-studies for paintings. In figuring line, volume and perspective, I do lots of adjusting in the stage before transferring the drawing to a panel for my painting. I rarely do a large work without extensive pre-study work. I love to look at drawings by other artists because it gives me a sense of being able to see into the way they think and to understand the underlying mechanics of their work. I especially enjoy the drawings of Rembrandt, Degas, Eakins, Giacometti and Lopez Garcia. In addition to pre-study drawings, I have included some figure drawings on this page. For many years I have been part of a figure drawing group that meets weekly. The anatomy of the human figure is one of the most challenging things to draw, and the skills learned from this carry over into my other work. |