This week, was the introduction to the Visual Studies sessions. I talked about a painting by Surrealist Rene Magritte entitled "The Treachery of Images", 1928 - 29, oil on canvas.We discussed the idea of how we percieve objects. Objects take on a meaning to us because of their title and function (as in a pipe). By doing this, when attempting to record the properties of the objects we are studying, we become distracted by us wanting our studies to look like the object as we percieve it in our mind, rather than actually recording what we can see in front of us. A child will draw what they think a leaf should look like from their mind regardless of what the leaf they have in front of them looks like?
As artists, we need to attempt to break away from this inherent behaviour. Only then will we succeed in creating accurate, closely observed studies.
We put this to the test with our first objects (a set of keys). The challenge was to record the objects, accurately considering their structure and surface texture, using charcoal. We had some great results! Well done everyone!!
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