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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Am I Doing Enough Preliminary Work?

According to Dinotopia artist James Gurney, Howard Pyle used to do a minimum of 50 (FIFTY!!) preliminary sketches before every painting.  Hmmmm.  I think I need to be spending more time with the ol' pencil.
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  1. Woodward SimonsJanuary 20, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    John, A few years back at the Farnsworth museum in Rockland, ME - there was a room containing all the preliminary work Andrew Wyeth did for one painting. There were at least 15 works from drawings to paintings.

    I've seen the same type of exhibit at the Norman Rockwell museum. It seems that we're pressured today to skip the preliminary work.

    Thanks for this post - a good reminder.

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  2. Martyn ChamberlinJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    Yeah but how big were his paintings?

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