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Leonardo's ink bottle : the artist's way of seeing
- Author
- Weir, Roberta.
- Title
- Leonardo's ink bottle : the artist's way of seeing / Roberta Weir.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Berkeley, Calif. : Celestial Arts, ©1998.
- Description
- 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-221).
- Summary
- The artist's search for unique, meaningful expression, on paper or canvas, in clay or marble, wood or bronze, is actually mirrored in each of us. Whether we are composing a letter, a song lyric, or a landscape, the desire is the same: to express ourselves easily, elegantly, and eloquently. An artist by vocation and profession, Roberta Weir guides the reader with a steady voice and a sure hand. Part 1 describes the rediscovery of and reliance upon instinct, intuition and inspiration; Part 2 examines the mastery of technique; and Part 3 brings us full circle: having reached a degree of comfort with the nature of inspiration and the mechanics of rendering artistic forms, we are asked to cast it all aside--to stop thinking about it--and just do it.--From publisher description.
- Subject headings
- Artists--Psychology. Self-perception.
- ISBN
- 0890878544 (alk. paper) 9780890878545 (alk. paper)