This is a great idea, chopping the episodes into RU-vid-feed-friendlier clips for new audiences until Season 2 starts. This podcast has been such an amazing resource, thank you for all the work you've put into it!
I am a Latin american artist who are learning art and improving my knowledge of english too with this draftsmen episodes. Learning english with Marshall´s diction is very appropriate for such purposes.
I’m so glad you brought up experimenting in the end because it the way I love doing my art. Just the thought of having “art parents” terrifies me because I hated it. Don’t get me wrong I love some artist and I analyze their work. How they painted, what tools or techniques, every single thing. But to replicate their work feels like a chore, I really hated studying art at college because of it. I promised myself I would never take a class. I like learning by myself and just listening and watching good artists, or simply looking at their artwork.
I recently learnt that it's also important to make sure you understand the fundamentals well enough to be able to see how your artistic influences do what they do. Trying to merely imitate their style but not actually understanding why and how they did what they did before understanding form, perspective, lighting etc. can actually hamper your development. At least it did for me, I'm influenced by artists like Tom Parkinson-Morgan (who in turn was inspired by French sci-fi and metal art), Marco Bucci, and Aleksander Rostov (among many others of course), but since I hadn't properly understood my fundamentals my efforts at imitating their styles kept falling short since I didn't understand what their styles were actually doing on a technical level. I'm now going into my fundamentals hardcore, so hopefully I'll be better able to truly *get* their stylistic choices.
Easy, I want my art parents to be Alberto Mielgo, Robert Valley, and Ian Hubert. Alberto Mielgo is absolutely one of my favorites because of his stubborn drive for his vision (which CAN be detrimental) his art style’s incredible and super interesting to look at. He’s an amazing director that has a clear idea for all his projects he takes part in. Robert Valley has an incredible animation style with amazing designed characters. He can be a one man army like Alberto, and I strive to be able to work on projects like his. And Ian Hubert for his incredibly unique use of Blender. He’s a master at using Blender’s tools and it has become an amazing canvas he uses for all his projects. It’s inspiring seeing his work and the unique way his gears turn.
I have a bad habit of liking comic artists as art parents even thought its because we share taste in humor rather than me admiring their drawing technique.
Thanks to you two, I’ve spent the last 3 days studying. For some reason I landed on Charles Le Brun (specifically his etchings and sketches) then I’ve learned a great deal about his high status and use of phrenology in his sketches. (I had an obsession with drawing animal people). Had no clue it was a thing.... let alone something that racists have used to feel superior. Then I fell on Kathe Kollwitz, because I saw few if any women mentioned. (ESP the time period). She was a draughtsman and studied alongside max klinger.... she has one hell of a life story!. Thanks!
It's very good idea that you're publishing this video. I watched all Draftsmen podcasts, but by this video we can be in touch with you guys and we have something to be around and wait for next season! :)
This is an awesome video Stan, thanks for all the free art education you gave me. My real parents weren't that supportive with art and did not want me to pursue it but you really helped me to understand art.
Hmm this video give me an idea. Let's watch all episodes fourth times :). I love this podcast! Every time I rewatch this i can focus more on drawing while watching and still enjoy this. And everytime I try to learn new things from You :).
Yup. Art fam. Mom, dad, uncle, aunt, cousin, 2nd cousin, etc. Keep in mind no matter who your art family is, they should be your biggest, "I can't do this without them" influences. This video brings up a good point too. Sometimes our art parents are LIARS AND THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED ACCORDINGLY. Seriously though, be sure your influences aren't just phonies. Know who their influences were...and so on...and so on... As far as I know, I don't have any art parents, really. Each artist has something I like and something I think is...well...doesnt suit me.
Oh and I want to say this, because coincidentally, I actually was telling my fiancé, Jenni, this exact thing. I am technically transgender, but I'd rather say, I'm just me. Yes I prefer she and blah, blah, etc, etc. ...but we were talking and I brought up how my dad said to me, when I came out, "Wouldn't it be better, be easier, if you were gay?" I responded with, "Yes. I imagine it would be more accepting." Note: I even went through every mode of sexual orientation, like straight, bi, gay, I even thought I was asexual once... Point being, my dad was disappointed because up until that moment, I was just like him. Only while he thought it was great or endearing, I thought it sucked. I don't want to be him. I never wanted to be like my mom either...God I miss her. She knew all about me and how I loved to wear makeup and dress up... She said, "Honey, if this is who you are, then I love you all the same." I still miss that hug. That aside...Marshall is right. Evolution would suck if we were all the same. Take your identity into your own hands. Shape it. It's your life. I'm sure you're uniquely designed and really, that's what makes you so beautiful. It's why I love to draw people.
Katie Marigold The whole point of picking different art parents is to only take the parts you really like from them. You don't have to love their entire style to get something very useful from them. Just analyse the part you really like and then pick and choose.
I have been working on this for a while, and i found something peculiar, without intentionally co-ordinating it I found that all my non-contemporary artistic parents where all without exception artists who lived between 1820 and 1920 ... which really surprised me, i wonder if there is something in that period that specifically attracted me to their art because before i started closely examining them i didn't know what period they each worked in (and they have different styles so they aren't all the same or part of the same art "movement") .. i thought that's interesting so I decided to share it. And yeah .. that's only half of the family .. there is another half with contemporary artists (my age or older) who created or are still creating art after i was born ... my biggest next step is trying to figure out what about each of them i can adopt and how to synthesize all those diverging styles into one, wish me luck XD
Copying someone else's style is difficult if you don't know how they have applied the medium to their 'canvas' in the first place. Especially with paint. For example how they blend or layer etc.
