“I like to draw and paint en plein air. I purchased my Camera Lucida a year ago and modified it so it would mount on a camera tripod. [now you can buy a tripod mount with the Premium Lucida] It’s great for drawings of cityscapes to get the perspective right (even while sitting in a car), but it also works well for painting. A backpack carries my pochade box and tripod, so all I have to carry is the Lucida. I begin a painting by mounting the Lucida on the tripod and laying my painting panel on its drawing board. I adjust the panel’s position on the board to get a good composition, and then loosely draw key edges on the panel using a carbon pencil. In just a few minutes I’m started on a well-composed painting while my attraction to the scene is still fresh. Often I let drawn lines show through for an interesting effect.”
-Terry Elrod
so cool!
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are amazing, I always wanted to buy a frame like this, but they are very expensive.
ReplyDeletethe ancient art...nothing like the old school, is sad know that we never enjoy this type of art once again.
ReplyDeletebeautiful mess!!!
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