tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post3514887770564352961..comments2024-02-11T03:10:57.646-05:00Comments on The Art Department: David Apatoff on Digital ArtIrene Gallohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15440976373621593153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-49591329790685218122008-07-02T22:02:00.000-04:002008-07-02T22:02:00.000-04:00Thanks for bringing the subject up of digital vers...Thanks for bringing the subject up of digital versus traditional paint. There is no way ever that a digitally created image holds the same lasting appeal than a traditional painting does. It just never will be and there will be those that argue that. I say to them...go to the Brandywine River Museum in Pennsylvania and stand in front of an N.C Wyeth original and then try arguing that. They'll look very foolish. The list of great illustrators goes on and on. The feeling of one's hands as they work a canvas or board and those accidental triumphs and discoveries cannot be replaced by any computer. The value is just not there and for good reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-83991896684488887042007-01-22T01:29:00.000-05:002007-01-22T01:29:00.000-05:00Thanks for the kind note, Irene. Like you, I flip...Thanks for the kind note, Irene. Like you, I flip back and forth on this issue. I love physical art objects, but my next posting will be examples of digital artists who I think do a splendid job (all suggestions welcome). All we can do with rapidly evolving art forms is put our heads together and try to separate the wheat from the chaff-- just what blogs are best at!David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-81656229380949678442007-01-21T23:00:00.000-05:002007-01-21T23:00:00.000-05:00Yep. I remember in art school(early 80's) I had pa...Yep. I remember in art school(early 80's) I had painting teachers who thought we had money to burn. Part of the reason I left was that they seemed to want you to use the "best" materials but then have you basically paint crappy paintings on them and they wanted alot. So I bought alot of cheaper canvas boards but they wanted stretched linen and such. And the paintings were absurd still lifes, or they'd want something abstract.It was heartbreaking watching good materials being wasted. When I left, ironically, I got a job in a art supply store that catered to that school, and the owners of the store GAVE me any kinds of new paint or brushes, for free to "try out" if they should carry it. And they gave me a good 40% discount on the other stuff. I got such an education working there, trying out new things, getting them for free I found, later, it was truly the best way to go!Bob Eggleton (Zillabob)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07049761592217486636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-33475508039538751182007-01-21T14:08:00.000-05:002007-01-21T14:08:00.000-05:00Hi Bob,
Off the topic of digital but you reminded...Hi Bob, <br />Off the topic of digital but you reminded me of an experience I had at Illustration House. Vin Di Fate had invited me to go there with his class and listen to Fred Taraba give a talk. One student went up to a juicy Dean Cornwell painting and said something like, “Man, I can never _afford_ too paint like that!” It was funny. I had never thought about Cornwell’s wonderful brush strokes a sum total of the expense of the paint but, being able to afford good materials is a real issue for students. Just as they are struggling with the mechanics of painting they are also fighting their student-grade materials...But that builds character, right?Irene Gallohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15440976373621593153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30983073.post-27484289707335862122007-01-21T13:44:00.000-05:002007-01-21T13:44:00.000-05:00Digital, I find winds up less about being about th...Digital, I find winds up less about being about the "object" or the painting itself-the statement being made, the presence of a painting(like when viewing oil paintings in museums) but it becomes sort of a technogeek exploration. SOmeone might say "that's a nice image" and then someone jumps in and talks about "this program" or "that tablet" and the entire conversation is lost in technoland, and in one case someone talking about how they re-mortgaged their home to be able to afford all the hard and software to use and whatnot. That is when one questions the concept of it. Some VERY fantastic images have been done digitally to be sure and some guys do amazing work, make no mistake. But it's the mistaken belief, on the part of less talented people-like,say, some "businessguy" who decides he doesn't need artists or creatives and thinks it's all about moving photos around and anything can "look good" to him. I've played with digital myself and to that extent, it's alot of fun. But I'll always go back to my oils and pencils. I meet some people who've thrown all those out..yikes!Bob Eggleton (Zillabob)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07049761592217486636noreply@blogger.com