Comments on: Being autistic (drawing: Looking out of my kitchen window) http://www.henkterheide.com/2007/06/05/being-autistic-art-looking-out-of-my-kitchen-window/ Random Acts of Art Thu, 06 May 2010 13:20:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cc3373 http://www.henkterheide.com/2007/06/05/being-autistic-art-looking-out-of-my-kitchen-window/comment-page-1/#comment-463 cc3373 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:10:08 +0000 http://www.henkterheide.com/2007/06/05/being-autistic-art-looking-out-of-my-kitchen-window/#comment-463 The way it should to you or as others depict it? It is very nice to see abstractions of real stuff, real stuff can be captured in a photo but when each artist looks at it and puts it to paper it becomes something which transcends reality. I really like your tree. So many times when I draw them I get frustrated when I try to replicate them as they are but when I go into a freer drawing mode (probably the right brain mode) they come out much more magical and pleasing. Your drawing to me is more like that magical and pleasing! The way it should to you or as others depict it? It is very nice to see abstractions of real stuff, real stuff can be captured in a photo but when each artist looks at it and puts it to paper it becomes something which transcends reality. I really like your tree. So many times when I draw them I get frustrated when I try to replicate them as they are but when I go into a freer drawing mode (probably the right brain mode) they come out much more magical and pleasing. Your drawing to me is more like that magical and pleasing!

]]> By: Bart Westgeest http://www.henkterheide.com/2007/06/05/being-autistic-art-looking-out-of-my-kitchen-window/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Bart Westgeest Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:17:49 +0000 http://www.henkterheide.com/2007/06/05/being-autistic-art-looking-out-of-my-kitchen-window/#comment-20 <p>It is a rich drawing and looks very sincere to me, strong. </p> <p>I think one can draw with just one colour, just paper and pencil (a great exercise!) and you can use all the colours in the world.<br /> But painters in f.ex. the renaissance produced great paintings of clothing basically in three "tones" - light - middle - dark. It helped me to think about this while trying complicated things. Three can do the trick.</p> <p>Did you try squinting? Closing your eyes almost completely but letting just enough light in to see the tree? It helps simplifying the complicated scene/tree and can give you ideas about where to put the darks for example.</p> <p>I read especially the part in this post about "don't like" with great care as it made me wonder about my own words and reactions upon them.</p> <hr> <p>Thanks. It's nice to hear what someone else thinks about your work.<br />I still have the feeling that the tree doesn't look the way it should.<br />Henk</p> It is a rich drawing and looks very sincere to me, strong.

I think one can draw with just one colour, just paper and pencil (a great exercise!) and you can use all the colours in the world.
But painters in f.ex. the renaissance produced great paintings of clothing basically in three “tones” – light – middle – dark. It helped me to think about this while trying complicated things. Three can do the trick.

Did you try squinting? Closing your eyes almost completely but letting just enough light in to see the tree? It helps simplifying the complicated scene/tree and can give you ideas about where to put the darks for example.

I read especially the part in this post about “don’t like” with great care as it made me wonder about my own words and reactions upon them.

Thanks. It’s nice to hear what someone else thinks about your work.
I still have the feeling that the tree doesn’t look the way it should.
Henk

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