Prof Lieu's weekly musings!
The ugly stage model + 12" x 4" study Dear Artists, 13 years ago, I was working on Wading, a series of lithographic crayon drawings. I was having trouble getting the figures to look dimensional. Lighting is often what creates the illusion of form, so I sculpted these figures, and then lit them. The 12" x 4" drawing above was my trial run for this process, and ultimately confirmed the path for the final works. 3' x 4' drawing Yet, I almost walked away from that first drawing. I hated that...
Dear Artists, What's your #1 challenge as an artist right now? Common challenges I see: Your piece isn't finished, but you don't know what to do next. accountability & staying motivated The more you work on a piece, the worse it gets. You're not seeing any progress, no matter how hard you work. Reply with yours, it doesn't have to be what I listed above. Share a bit of context for you're struggling with, and I'll send you something useful. Or, get a video reply from me here. xoxo Prof Lieu...
Time to rank your gallery goals Dear Artists, Before you do anything else related to galleries, let's rank what's most important to you. 1) Private collections 2) Museum shows + collections 3) Money 4) Prestige Maria A. Guzmán Capron at Lyles and King My answers: #1: Prestige is the one I care the most about, probably leftover from my years in academia. Or, maybe it's because I want all of my enemies to eat their words... #2: I do want to be in more museum collections. I'm only in 1 (Hood Art...