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Fortyseven t1_iwvwlqr wrote

Random question concerning "the process", that I probably already know the answer to, but it'd be nice to hear first hand. :D

As an artist, how does one deal with, say, that guy in the bottom left. Or the people and cars on the road. They don't stay still, realistically, so they can't hold still while you render them onto the canvas.

My best guess was that these are amalgams of things seen while out there, drawn from memory after they've moved on?

How does that work, for you?

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onewordpoet OP t1_iwvx6gq wrote

Usually you can use the general forms of people you see as reference. A person walking along the road generally looks pretty similar so if you can nail that shorthand it doesn't really matter if you're getting a likeness or anything. No one's gonna know if those cars were even there or not. So just pick a car out or a person out and draw inspiration from the scene. Maybe someone's wearing a nice hat nut isn't in the right position. Stuff like that.

So yeah, lots of memory. Just using what the scene gives you and working it to your paintings needs!

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