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Subject: Drawing or Painting?

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bjohnson

Posts:30
10/29/2008 12:31 PM Alert 
Just joined this morning and I am excited to get your critique or feedback on my stuff as I can submit it. The attached is a drawing that I did this week and it inspired a question. I would call the attached figure study a drawing. Although pastel covers 80% of the surface, it is a restrained palette and somewhat loose to be called a painting. Here is my question: although officially, a pastel painting is typically defined by the 80% pastel covering the surface rule, wouldn't the style also dictate whether we call something a drawing or a painting?





Jim

Posts:2748
10/31/2008 6:45 PM Alert 
To me a drawing does not constitute the use of color as you have done here.
You've also incorporated form, shape, depth and background. To me that equals painting.
All the best,
Jim

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rpartin

Posts:430
11/13/2008 10:18 PM Alert 

We've had this discussion before (sometime last year, I think). I agree with Jim.....
it's a painting.
Ron
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