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Camera Obscura schematic |
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Tim doing his first oil painting using the mirror device |
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You can see the reflected image of the photo over the painting in the mirror device |
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Polishing a lens |
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Tim learning to grind pigments into linseed oil |
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Tim visiting David Hockney's studio |
"The idea that the Italians didn't use this (the device) because it would have been cheating... is childish."I agree with the idea that using a tool, or whatever, as some kind of a 'cheat' is stilly, but I do not agree with Hockney. He has to contrive that no artist revealed or recorded his working methods, which is why we don't have a record of any of the artists he identifies having made widespread use of a camera obscura or optical aid. Unlikely. It also discounts fully documented efforts by artists in the 19th and 20th century drawing from life and producing the kind of work Hockney insists comes only with drawing aids.
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You can see the day ticker in the bottom right corner |
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The chair that was off due to a bumped lens |
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The detailed painting of the wool rug |
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Tim standing in front of his "Vermeer" |
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