Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Albrecht Dürer a digital artist?

The smell of the linseed oil, turpentine and the feel of a paint brush in the hand. Knowing that it will have to be washed, in turpentine, then soap. The hands dirty from the vine charcoal. Remember the feel of the charcoal as you dragged it over the canvas, and how some of the smaller pieces that did not adhere to the canvas, fell to the floor. Does a digital artist know any of these sensations? To be in direct contact with the medium you are drawing/painting with, has a visceral effect on the images you are bringing to the world. Do you think that Albrecht might have been a digital artist? In my opinion, unequivocally: YES. I say that because I think it is just another type of medium and he would have experimented with it as well. Each medium has its own glory.

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