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Re: sketchbooks and observation skills

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ROppecker_at_TeacherArtExchange
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 04:29:14 PST

Dawn,

I guess it depends on what you feel a sketchbook is all about. An artist
needs to observe the world around and record what he or she sees but an
artist also needs to reflect his inner world. I think it would be much better
to strike a balance between
observation and imagination. If I limited my own sketchbooks to what I
observe directly I would have only a partial picture of the world as I
experience it. I produce Contemporary Sculptural Silver Hollowware and none
of this exists in the world of others until my ideas percolate through my
sketches.

Robert Oppecker
Williamsburg, VA
ROppecker@aol.com 

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