Friday, July 31, 2015

The Return Of Son Of "Get A Grip"



My semesterly fascination with people’s hands while they’re drawing started way back in 2009: aside from what’s coming out the end of all the different implements, I continue to amazed at the range of various grips that different folks employ. And the beauty of it all is that it all works: all those marks on pieces of paper that coalesce into something so simple, so expressive and full of individual characteristic that encapsulates the diversity of art… the hands that create.

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  1. Thanks for the perspective. As a musician I was frequently told that there was really only one right way to hold your instrument, and all the rest was garbage.

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    1. I couldn't begin to imagine flunking or even grading art students based on the way they held their tools.

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