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> Working from life is worlds apart from working from photos What if you use a camera obscura, as many of the “old masters” are believed to have done?
by jacobolus 5y ago
> Working from life is worlds apart from working from photos
What if you use a camera obscura, as many of the “old masters” are believed to have done?
- jack_riminton 5y agoFunnily enough quite a lot of artists use early digital cameras, where the quality is described as 'grainy' Its of just bad enough quality (and hasn't been altered by algorithms) that you can get a 'sense' of the scene without too much detail, being over/under-exposed, etc. Edit: also see the use of a 'black mirror' https://londonfineartstudios.com/the-mirror-the-black-mirror/ https://londonfineartstudios.com/the-mirror-the-black-mirror...
- rainbowzootsuit 5y agoI think this is a perfect post to bring up the theory of Vermeer's work presented in this film, "Tim's Vermeer." The focus of the movie, Tim Jenison of NewTek, hypothesized the use of a mirror to allow an almost paint-by-numbers recreation of the sitting subject. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388/