JACK MARCHESE
FINE ART: CLASSICAL FIGURE DRAWING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography and Classical Figure Drawing
I’m drawn to the contrast and play of light on an object/surface or figure and try to represent this whether in a graphite/charcoal drawing or photography.
I use my manual 35mm Nikon FM to shoot an image while cognizant of a composition in mind, reproducing it exactly as I intended, the moment I snapped the shutter.
My images are to each viewer, a different experience yet a common one in that everyone “sees” the same image but will psychologically take away something different. Human anatomy with its unique complexities inherent in every human body inspires me. A face for example inspires me to sketch and capture the essence of the personality with lines and a simple gesture of charcoal or graphite.
“The simple and casual moments involved in drawing a sketch cannot hope to record the infinite variety and complexity of a subject, so contends itself with a partial statement, addressing this to the imagination for the full and perfect meaning…”
Paraphrased from an Illustrated Treatise on Pen Drawing by Charles D. Maginnis
CLASSICAL FIGURE DRAWING
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
