My mother's screed on her own art

[brightrosefox]

"In my drawings, I want to capture the emotion, the feeling of the gesture, the feeling that the figure could keep moving... that the figure is fluid, immediate, and tentative. I'm more interested in the process of the drawing... multiple lines, revisions on the page. The act of drawing is as much a part of the drawing, to me, as the finished piece. I draw quickly and can determine in a few strokes whether the drawing will work, or I whether have to start over. I don't work on a piece for many hours in order to draw every pore and crease... if I wanted something so exact, I'd take a photograph and be done! All that was part of my training as a fashion illustrator, to quickly get the essence, the elegance of the form..."
-Linda Capello, on why she applies her very specific art form.
http://www.lindacapello.com/

Comments

[suzanna-o.livejournal.com]

I really like what she says about being interested in the process. That applies to so many things, I think.