tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post1499987995847520978..comments2024-03-28T12:12:53.989-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Tom Lovell: Dealing with "the model problem"leifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-38771259359619351522009-05-06T18:49:00.000-04:002009-05-06T18:49:00.000-04:00this may be odd, but i just saw two different exam...this may be odd, but i just saw two different examples of the sweater the lady in one of the illustrations is wearing, on ebay...a vintage sweater with suede front, weird square buttons that rotate. someone was selling it in two different colorways.edgertorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949495995023045699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-34834411305961286552009-04-16T12:03:00.000-04:002009-04-16T12:03:00.000-04:00I second what Tom just said there. Lovell also tol...I second what Tom just said there. Lovell also told me he sculpted a horse head that he used all the time for reference. For the Viking illustrations in National Geographic he made waterline models of the ships.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-29644654060422847362009-04-15T19:03:00.000-04:002009-04-15T19:03:00.000-04:00Tom Lovell, Norman Rockwell, Dean Cornwell and oth...Tom Lovell, Norman Rockwell, Dean Cornwell and others were all tireless draftsmen, and finding just the right model, and staging everything to the smallest detail was paramount. But, John Clymer, Ben Stahl, Floyd Davis, Harold Von Schmidt and Harvey Dunn would often paint their characters (later in their career) from their imaginations.. using neighbors, relatives and friends only for difficult poses, but not for likeness. John Clymer told me he relied more on his imagination than the model, and like Lovell, looked in the mirror to do a hand, or an arm, etc., that he found particularly difficult. He said he preferred the subjectivity that came out of his imagination.. he could convey the essence of the pose stronger and more convincing from his imagination than if he used photos from models. But, he said he learned to draw and paint accurately from models early in his career, and stressed that was the key.<br /><br />My conclusion: Different strokes for different folks. ;-)<br /><br />Tom WatsonTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237565169344311948noreply@blogger.com