Glenn Vilppu's Class - Gestures - Pontormo

Glenn talked about Pontorm today in class. Pontormo was a fanatic draftsman. Andrea del Sarto was his teacher. Pontormo was apprenticed to Da Vinci for awhile. Del Sarto was a family man. Pontormo was credited with doing the first psychological drawings. He emphasized controlling the values and tones. His drawings are abstract but have a tonal sense of realism. They are not dark paintings and glow with color. He did a lot of work for the Medici. Michaelangelo did drawings that Pontormo painted. He used distortion and proportion to manipulate feeling. He was a expressive approacj to drawing that is real but strange.

1. He starts out loose and rough and built drawings up from that. Focuses on gesture with Dark Chalk - Graphite Underneath.

2. Big Button eyes are the Hallmark of Pontormo

3. He balances ecentric vs. realistic

4. He controls tones.


Going Through a Pontormo Drawing

- Simple Volumes
- Draw Fragments as if you can see the whole thing
- Use Drapery to Shoe volume
- One form fits into another
- Drawing Corners
- Pushing Contrasts - Designing
- The tone creates the realism


THESE ARE MY GESTURE DRAWINGS FROM THE DAY.

We didn't draw too much in Saturday morning class because the model didn't show up until very late. Glenn did a demo.