Studio Rousar

This blog is primarily about visual observation as it relates to representational art. However, observation does not necessarily preclude knowledge, in fact it is often quite the opposite. And so it is with this blog and website: observations and knowledge, working in concert. The outsider might believe that all realist, representational artists share the same goals and procedures. The reality is often far from it and historically there have always been many sides and theories of art. The heat of the disagreements may change with the times, as may the flavors of the month, but I think that the differences are simply one of the byproducts of creativity. That said, add teaching to the mix and each particular preference becomes holy writ. One goal for this blog is to highlight and explain many of these differences. Part of this is to explain what I personally do and think about art. Hopefully I can do that in a way which does not seem to negate the approaches I do not take. Another part is to give the student