Comments on: Still-life and imagination http://karlzipser.com/2006/10/still-life-and-imagination.html on art and perception Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Birgit http://karlzipser.com/2006/10/still-life-and-imagination.html/comment-page-1#comment-8 Birgit Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:31:00 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/?p=103#comment-8 Hanneke, a question about your earlier still lifes showing roses standing in water. Did you paint the water from your imagination? Hanneke,

a question about your earlier still lifes showing roses standing in water. Did you paint the water from your imagination?

]]> By: Angela Ferreira http://karlzipser.com/2006/10/still-life-and-imagination.html/comment-page-1#comment-7 Angela Ferreira Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:55:00 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/?p=103#comment-7 I think they are all exceptional, but the third one has more of a graphic feel than the other two. Sometimes when things are less perfect they become naturally beautiful... I think they are all exceptional, but the third one has more of a graphic feel than the other two. Sometimes when things are less perfect they become naturally beautiful…

]]> By: birgit http://karlzipser.com/2006/10/still-life-and-imagination.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 birgit Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:23:00 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/?p=103#comment-6 I am struck by the beauty of the handles in the pictures drawn from imagination. The handle in the first picture is bold, in the second graceful. In comparison, the handle in third picture strikes me as dull. I am struck by the beauty of the handles in the pictures drawn from imagination. The handle in the first picture is bold, in the second graceful. In comparison, the handle in third picture strikes me as dull.

]]> By: hanneke van oosterhout http://karlzipser.com/2006/10/still-life-and-imagination.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 hanneke van oosterhout Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:04:00 +0000 http://karlzipser.com/?p=103#comment-5 When you draw from your imagination, you really draw with your feelings, you are much more sensitive to what is right in your mind. When you look at real stuff, you just draw what is there, it may not be as beautiful. In your mind you have a natural feeling for beauty. That's why I think you should set up a still-life and then look at it for some time and then go away and sit (maybe in a smoky cafe) and draw it from your mind. Then you can use that as a basis for your painting. Because then your are really giving back what you receive from nature. When you draw from your imagination, you really draw with your feelings, you are much more sensitive to what is right in your mind. When you look at real stuff, you just draw what is there, it may not be as beautiful. In your mind you have a natural feeling for beauty. That’s why I think you should set up a still-life and then look at it for some time and then go away and sit (maybe in a smoky cafe) and draw it from your mind. Then you can use that as a basis for your painting. Because then your are really giving back what you receive from nature.

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