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Alla Prima: Everything I Know
About Painting
Richard Schmid
http://www.richardschmid.com
All arts pull from the same source. Having
a strong understanding of drawing and
painting is one of the
best
ways to make
your 3D work excel. (It's
all art
! It doesn't
matter what
tools
you use to create it!) I've
been taught by teachers in some of the
most respected art schools in the country.
All of them together have taught me only a
fraction
of what I learned by reading Rich-
ard's topic. Maybe the way in which he
presents what he knows fits with how I
need to have things presented to me in
order to learn — or maybe he has a unique
way of teaching that finally demystifies this
gliding of paint on canvas. Regardless, read-
ing his topic, I finally
got it
. This is no
“theorist” expounding about how things
“should” be done or someone simply show-
ing you moves to copy by rote. He talks
about his
process of seeing
that leads his
decision-making process. (I don't know how
I can impress deeply enough the fact of how
important this is in your actually becoming
a good artist yourself — in every medium
you touch!) Plus, Richard has this wonder-
ful, light way of not taking himself or his art
too seriously, and this is simply beyond
refreshing — the topic is a joy to read.
Travels with Charley: In Search of
America
John Steinbeck
If you ever find yourself getting entrenched
in your element, don't just read this topic
— try your darnedest to follow in the
author's footsteps. Steinbeck was in the
same position — his solution was to pack
up a pickup-camper, take his dog, Charley,
and set off across the “blue highways” of
America. He knew no one, and no one
knew him, and through the topic's pages,
you can feel the excitement of the treasure
of life and living flooding through author and
text. (It is one thing to create art — it is
another thing entirely to
live
it.)
