I’ve been tracing for fun, to better understand the mind of other artists.

Do you remember as a kid, we would trade to learn art? I’ve been doing that with the iPad and Procreate app, to learn about proportions, and feel the spirit of my favorite artists. Basquiat being one of my favorites.

I’ve been loving tracing, because it’s fun. I feel like a kid again.

Also, it helps me feel the dynamism of lines. Also to inject fun color into images I love.

I’ve especially loved reading car designs, because the proportions are divine:

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I love PABLO PICASSO, because he was the ultimate big ass kid. He made on average 1-2 art works a day until he died. Prolific, self-confident, and constantly innovating.

It took him a few years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

Some lessons he has taught me:

1. Play with perspective. In this Weeping Woman painting, all the planes and dimensions are on one plane. You can see both her eyes on a flat surface. Picasso flattened his images, and created his own alternative reality.
2. Create emotion: In his weeping woman piece, you can really feel the pain in the emotions of the crying woman. Lesson: art isn’t about realism, but evoking emotion in the viewer.
3. Sketch over the work of artists who inspire you, to better get inside their head.

Made with iPad and Procreate app:

I’m gonna keep playing around with this, and see where it leads me.

So friend, keep playing, experimenting, and having fun.

My new fun Picasso trace. Ambroise VOLLARD by PICASSO. MADE on iPad, Procreate app.

 

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Also, tracing my photos has been a good way to analyze my own compositions after the fact.

Deconstructed: Saigon Street Photography Compositions >

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Trace art or your own photos for fun or the work of the masters.

And most of all, have fun 🙂

Always,
Eric

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THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Re-discover you inner-child and feel like PABLO PICASSO:

• Make More Than You Take
• NEVER COMPROMISE.
• Why Photography is the Best Art Form.
• How to become unstuck.
• How to Become a FEARLESS Artist
• KANDINSKY: THE ARTIST IS THE PROPHET
• How to Have More Creative Confidence in Your Photography
• How to Make More Art
• YOU CAN DO ANYTHING
• How Not to Give a Fuck What Others Think of Your Photography
• Is Photography Art?
• Leonardo da Vinci: Art, Photography, and Life Lessons
• How to Make Better Photos
• The Art of Street Photography
• The Art of Photography
• How to Conquer Your Fears in Art
• How to Be a More Productive Artist
• How to Have More Confidence as an Artist
• Make Photos for the Sake of Making Photos
• Make, Don’t Take Photos
• Perfect Pearl
• Make Photos to Delight Your Soul
• Revel in Your Defective Artistry
• Photography is Poetry Without Words
• Labor to Make Your Photos Concise

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