I had this kid’s eye looking good. It captured perfectly the “oh god, what have I done look”, rolling back and not focused on anything but a thought. I stepped back to check it out and wondered if possibly the eye was too low on the face. I tried to talk myself out of it to no avail and so I scrubbed the whole thing out. I was reminded again of one of Fred Lipp’s rules for painting. Of course he has also said “show me a rule and I’ll show you that I can break it” but this rule is one you can almost bank on. “If the question comes up, the answer is almost always yes”.
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Coke vs. Pepsi ~ that sort of thing.
Fritz was my favorite drawing and painting professor at RIT. I’ve dedicated every studio call I’ve had the honor to teach to Fritz. And my students often hear -“no fill in – if it isn’t part of the subject of the drawing, it doesn’t belong in the drawing.” But my favorite quote is, “draw out that which draws you in and draw it out so that I can see what drew you in.” Lil