[00:00.00]Professor: OK, your next assignment will be to draw your surroundings. [00:09.46]But before you all go out to find something to draw, and before I explain why I asked you to bring in cameras today, let’s talk about how you're communicating in your artwork.
[00:22.55]You know you're communicating if you getting viewers to respond, right? [00:27.73]Making them feel and think, I mean it isn't that your goal to get your audience to respond. [00:34.23]So then, what do people respond to in the work of art? [00:39.13]It seems to me, it’s usually, well something really personal and artist has expressed, something the artist cares about deeply.
[00:49.93]If you really care about, say a place or an idea, chances are that you can make others really care about it too. [00:59.74]So to generate reaction, the art you create needs to communicate a concept of feeling. [01:07.81]In other words, create art that reviews your own experience. [01:13.90]For example, I drew picture of my son, he is five and he is looking at the horse. [01:20.76]And in that picture, I wanted to capture my son’s reaction, but also the horse's reaction. [01:28.81]The idea was to convey their, not fear exactly, but their discomfort with each other. [01:36.46]Should they run, fight, make friends? I wanted the drawing to capture that pivotal moment when you don't know what they will do next. [01:46.46]And you know when that drawing’s been shown in galleries, people would’ve made all sorts of comments on it. [01:52.62]They find it well it really seems to speak to them, so a strong work of art creates a strong viewer response. [02:02.19]And to create a powerful work of art, yeah you have to show how, how how the world affects you, so you need to expand your powers of observation to, to really look at your surroundings. [02:16.91]But you can't just be like a tourist, what I mean by that is, tourist to observe, but they, they have or may have no emotional involvement, but you need to be involved.
[02:30.74]Strong artists look at their surroundings and find something personal there, like everyday when you wake up and step outside, some people think all just the same old thing, but if you really paying attention, you see something special, something intriguing, even in the most ordinary environment.
[02:53.26]Of course, if being a strong artist, means expressing your own views, your own perspective, that means that you have to know something about, who you are, feeling to know yourself, well, that invites misconceptions about your art. [03:12.30]Viewers will have trouble identifying what part of your art reflect you, and what reflects the experiences or the ideas of other people, which leads me to a problem student sometimes have in this course. [03:27.31]Lots of times when I tell students to go out and draw their surroundings, they tend to want to use the latest new technique to draw. [03:38.10]Well, the way everyone else is drawing, whatever is the most popular style, or, or they tried to copy the style of a famous artist, or, and I see this a lot, they try to copy my style because I am the teacher. That's not what I want you to do.
[03:54.79]I am suggesting, actually, let me put this more emphatically, you need to spend time exploring, understanding your own view of the world, once you do, a personal style will naturally develop. [04:10.59]I am not saying that, to become a good artist that you shouldn’t learn about the work of other artists, or you can't improve your technique by taking classes. [04:21.47]You should do both those things, but frankly, more than anything else, if you really gonna communicate anything in your art, you have to know yourself and how you respond to the world around you. [04:45.25]But enough lecturing, I’m sure you have already learned in this class that I can get pretty passion that about what takes to be an artist.
[04:53.34]Anyway, let's talk about today's assignment, here's the exercise I want you to try, it's very concrete technique that will help you become more aware your surroundings. [04:56.04]And here is with the cameras come in. You know photographs serve great way to generate ideas for a drawing. [05:03.41]You take photos of your surroundings, people, objects, scenes like children playing soccer in the school yard or lonely bench in a park. [05:14.34]Then, as you examining your photos, you look for the elements that trigger those personal feelings that made you take the picture in the first place. [05:24.37]And you can take those features and use them in a drawing that reflects your, your personal artistic vision. [05:34.34]By the way, instead of copying those elements exactly, I encourage you to draw them your own way in the style that works for you, abstract or realistic. [05:46.64]Remember, this isn't about copying, it’s about interpreting the world around you from your unique perspective. [05:57.59]So grab your cameras and let’s go.
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