Soak up the high energy of these on-location drawings. This post is a "master class" in direct observation. It doesn't get much better than this.
These drawings must be out of the school of "Passalacqua" former students from either Pratt or Parsons. This post is a tribute to Dave Jr. and Dave Sr. Passalacqua and the artists they inspired throughout the decades. I had the fortunate opportunity to study with Dave Jr. during my time at Parsons in the early 80's.
I believe they were both artistic forces of nature and true masters of line. I never saw anyone attack a drawing like Dave. His direct observation and construction of form was extraordinary.
He used to say things like,
"Distortion is realism", " Stop tickling the paper and study the form", "Draw through of the figure showing all four sides" These are things I have never forgotten some 35 years later. Thank you Dave, it was a privilege*
Included on this post are some amazing drawings by
greg betza
eddie Pena
despina georgiadis
dominick santise
margaret hurst
michele bedigian
veronica lawlor
* Many works are unsigned, so apologies for the missing credit tags.
This drawing above was created on-location in Greece 63' by another amazing teacher of mine @ RISD, Tom Sgouros. Also a friend and cohort of Dave's back in the day, equalled in talent - "KINDRED SPIRITS"
Drawing is by Dave Passalacqua jr., circa 80's for the Olympic Games.
*enlarged from an above piece.
[ This post is also for my friend Mark Moscarillo, an amazing artist and fine draughtsman himself ]
#BOOM
I hope you enjoyed this post.
Now go get out your sketch book and draw.
