This bozzetto seems so much like Bell's playing cards.
It is from Robert Genn's twice weekly dispatch today:
"The value of the bozzetto
"Bozzetto" is an Italian term for a sculptor's
model, usually in wax or clay, made in preparation for
full-scale work in more permanent material. Like the
"maquette," a bozzetto is often exploratory. The word
however, can also mean a sketch for a painting--even a
sketch-for?its-own-sake that can march out into the
have a life of its own.
Artists of all stripes need to know that the bozzetto
just a sketch but a state of mind. With its low degree
commitment and expectation, it gives high value and
reward as a creative tool. Lending itself to the
of series and set, it frees the mind of great
prepares the groundwork for visual freshness. Together
golden rule of "chuck it," regularly practiced,
is a sure route to style and an individualist
also goes a long way toward overcoming obsessive
and the perennial inability of some artists to wind up
work. Because of its casual nature, bozzetto-making
directly self-teaches the painterly virtues of
paucity, experimentation and elan.
Audacity: Daring, bold and impudent, the audacious
wades into action without knowing what she's getting
"Just do it" is her motto, and ego-force is her
Paucity: Paucity is the absence of, or mere
subjects or areas within a work. It also includes
lost-and-found lines and the minimal number of strokes
necessary to do the job. Paucity is the ultimate
Experimentation: The artist constantly asks "what
and shucks off the temptation to go for the tried and
some ways, experimentation is the most stimulating act
creative process. With small stuff, the artist
"What the heck, I'll try this."
Elan: Flushed with energy and enjoying a vivacious
artist commits, conducts and masters. Elan itself
genie of imagination. The artist looks and acts like a
and thus becomes one."
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