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Drawing Lesson Handmade book written and illustrated by Bert Weir Published in 2002 by Joyful Loons Publishing, RR#1, S12, C45, Parry
Sound, ON P2A 2W7 23 pages, 16 graphite drawings, printed on Epson Heavyweight Matte
Paper. Font is Aldine401 BT ISBN# 0-9688388-3-9
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In preparation to teach a drawing workshop, Bert carefully broke down all the things he felt were important to make a good figure drawing. These then turned into the poem “A Drawing Lesson”. |
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from ‘A Drawing Lesson’ to draw the figure? How do I begin to answer this? One old master said ‘You first must cleanse your soul’ and he was right I think. Drawing comes from within like a prayer so you must prepare Sit
quietly Then
slowly with |
begin to lay out sit and look The more you know the more you see There
are ways Think
of the air Watch
as the model As you breath |
the
air Think
of the activity How
to express it? Watch
the air |