Comments on: B-Sides http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/01/07/b-sides/ by Fred Hatt Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:38:22 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: fred http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/01/07/b-sides/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 fred Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:28:57 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=987#comment-1368 Adam, perhaps there are other life drawing groups in your area that offer a longer pose. If you are in the U.S. or Canada, check the <a href="http://www.artmodelbook.com/figure-drawing-directory.htm" rel="nofollow">listing of figure drawing groups and classes</a> assembled by model Andrew Cahner, author of <em>The Art Model's Handbook</em> and sometimes a commenter on this blog. (Click the link.) Or you may need to hire or otherwise find your own model. Quick sketches are great practice, as you need to work efficiently even if the pose is longer. Adam, perhaps there are other life drawing groups in your area that offer a longer pose. If you are in the U.S. or Canada, check the listing of figure drawing groups and classes assembled by model Andrew Cahner, author of The Art Model’s Handbook and sometimes a commenter on this blog. (Click the link.) Or you may need to hire or otherwise find your own model. Quick sketches are great practice, as you need to work efficiently even if the pose is longer.

]]> By: Adam kincaid http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/01/07/b-sides/comment-page-1/#comment-1367 Adam kincaid Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:44:04 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=987#comment-1367 Great drawings, very loose and free. I also often like to draw the back. I used to love Picasso's famous Blue Period nude from behind, and Bill Brandt's photographs. At my life drawing class, however, although you can access the back, the poses are only for a few minutes so I find it hard to get anything but quick sketchy stuff done. I'd kill for 3 hours! Great drawings, very loose and free. I also often like to draw the back. I used to love Picasso’s famous Blue Period nude from behind, and Bill Brandt’s photographs. At my life drawing class, however, although you can access the back, the poses are only for a few minutes so I find it hard to get anything but quick sketchy stuff done. I’d kill for 3 hours!

]]> By: fred http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/01/07/b-sides/comment-page-1/#comment-1365 fred Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:01:38 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=987#comment-1365 Claudia, perhaps you feel more subservience when displaying your back because you're being looked at but can't look back? Sometimes facing the wall can feel like a kid sent to stand in the corner. But I usually see the back as strong. The forms of the back muscles, shoulderblades, spine and sacrum, are powerful, and a person's vital energy is often particularly palpable on the back, as any masseur can tell you. Claudia, perhaps you feel more subservience when displaying your back because you’re being looked at but can’t look back? Sometimes facing the wall can feel like a kid sent to stand in the corner. But I usually see the back as strong. The forms of the back muscles, shoulderblades, spine and sacrum, are powerful, and a person’s vital energy is often particularly palpable on the back, as any masseur can tell you.

]]> By: Claudia http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/01/07/b-sides/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Claudia Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:35:52 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=987#comment-1363 Bravo Fred! Wonderful homage to the human back. It is a truly expressive part of the body. I like to regard the back as personifying the opposing human qualities of vulnerability and strength. Well, both of those things come to mind whenever I look at a back. But when I model, I actually feel like I'm projecting more subservience when I'm displaying my back. "Squat" is magnificent, Fred. And very intimate. Also, I'd like to echo Andrew on "Leaning Back". I've done that pose (short, of course), and it is a bitch! Fantastic gallery of images, and a fascinating post. Claudia Bravo Fred! Wonderful homage to the human back. It is a truly expressive part of the body. I like to regard the back as personifying the opposing human qualities of vulnerability and strength. Well, both of those things come to mind whenever I look at a back. But when I model, I actually feel like I’m projecting more subservience when I’m displaying my back.

“Squat” is magnificent, Fred. And very intimate. Also, I’d like to echo Andrew on “Leaning Back”. I’ve done that pose (short, of course), and it is a bitch!

Fantastic gallery of images, and a fascinating post.

Claudia

]]> By: fred http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/01/07/b-sides/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 fred Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:45:09 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=987#comment-1362 That's interesting, Lori, to separate skin color from the image of the body. It makes it a very abstract quality. I did a <a href="http://fredhatt.com/blog/2009/07/03/alabaster-ebony/" rel="nofollow">post about skin color</a> last summer. But it is a topic that will need to be revisited. That’s interesting, Lori, to separate skin color from the image of the body. It makes it a very abstract quality.

I did a post about skin color last summer. But it is a topic that will need to be revisited.

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