Cotty, Couldn't have put it better myself!
Bruce Friday, September 19, 2003, 11:58:29 AM, you wrote: C> When an artist picks up a pencil, will it be hard or soft? What C> informs that judgement? Partly it is the feel of the work he/she is C> wanting to produce, and how that work translates as a finished C> drawing. The artist has to have the knowledge of the pencils, the C> chalk, the paint. That technique has to be learned, it is not C> instinctive. The finished work appears as instinct and expression C> and cannot be taught. C> When a director makes a film, he has to know how to handle actors to get C> the best out of them, as well as knowing how to handle the way the camera C> records the scene, how it will look when finished, how he/she wants it to C> look. That technique most definitely has to be learned. The finished work C> appears as instinct and expression and cannot be taught. C> When a photographer shoots with film, he or she has to know what film to C> select, what lens to use, what exposure to set in order to record the C> scene. Sometimes he or she will know how to develop and print the C> picture. That technique must be learned. The resulting photograph is an C> expression that cannot be taught. C> When a photographer shoots digitally, he or she has to know all the C> technique that the camera allows, has to understand the processing of C> that image, the way it is delivered onto a medium of storage, and even C> sometimes editing that image and printing it. Techniques learned. Results C> expressions of self and ability and desire. C> All these techniques involve tools, from carpentry to cake-making. They C> are as easy or as difficult as you make them. They all involve effort in C> studying the technical aspect. Art hurts! C> Cheers, C> Cotty C> ___/\__ C> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche C> ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps C> _____________________________ C> Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
