The Creative Process
The preliminary drawings of Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon were just pure sketches. He started doing these sketches between 1906-1907. These sketches served as the preparatory drawings of the actual painting. The first sketches included five nude females who posed and beyond them was a curtained surface. These drafts helped Picasso determine the final lay out that he wanted the Demoiselles to look like. After figuring out the final changes that he wanted to make, he then began and finished the final artwork using watercolor and canvas as a medium. This phase showed Picasso’s nature as an artist. Some artist may be spontaneous in doing the crafts, but some prefer to plan and be systematic about their artworks by starting off with drafting their ideas, in order to produce an original and peculiar work.
The Role of the Artist
Sayre mentioned four roles that an artist has. Ed Ulbrich, in working on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, applied the first role which stated that “Artists may create art to help us see the world in new and innovative ways”. Ed Ulbrich, together with the other staff some artists who worked on the film were able to make the audience see what the future of film making could look like. Though technology was only beginning to develop during those times, they were able to innovate and find new ways to make the film possible. They came up with different technologies and systems that helped them produce realistic images and footages of Brad Pitt using digital art, and this, is one fresh way of looking at art.
Works Cited:
Sayre, Henry M. "The Creative Process." A World of Art. 7th ed. Pearsons, 2013. 12-13. Print.
Sayre, Henry M. "The Role of the Artist." A World of Art. 7th ed. Pearsons, 2013. Print.
Ulbrich, Ed. “How Benjamin Button Got His Face.” TED. Feb.2009. Lecture. Web. 22 May 2016.<https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_ulbrich_shows_how_benjamin_button_got_his_face/transcript?language=en#t-1047296>
