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<p>[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 14939, member: 121"]Therein lays the difference between a draftsman who can reproduce via pencil or paint and an artist that can convey emotion or thought via pencil or paint. Audubon was a great draftsman, but his drawings are cold and exact- there is no emotion in them. Van Gogh was a dreadful draftsman, but put emotion on canvas. Constable on the other hand was a great draftsman as well as an artist - mostly because he was paid to be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 14939, member: 121"]Therein lays the difference between a draftsman who can reproduce via pencil or paint and an artist that can convey emotion or thought via pencil or paint. Audubon was a great draftsman, but his drawings are cold and exact- there is no emotion in them. Van Gogh was a dreadful draftsman, but put emotion on canvas. Constable on the other hand was a great draftsman as well as an artist - mostly because he was paid to be.[/QUOTE]
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