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Ifat Glassman

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  1. My portrait of Ayn Rand. Drawn in Pastel pencils on toned paper. Available as limited edition prints on Cordair Art gallery
  2. Hey, seeing your profile picture, I wanted to offer to help you out with the facial structure difficulties you're encountering there. Not just for your sake, but for the sake of your students as well. All my stiff academic background comes in real handy when it comes to not placing the eye so close to the bridge of the nose, and as an art teacher myself, I spot these common errors very quickly. If you're interested, DM me, and we can schedule a 20 minute zoom lesson specific to nose/eye placement. Alternatively, I can recommend reading Andrew Loomis's book on drawing heads, or at least looking up a basic YouTube tutorial on head construction. All the best in your art career.
  3. Hello Objectivism Online. Long time no see. And when I say "long time" I mean something like 7 years. I'm an Israeli. As I'm sure you all know, Israel is at war now, after a horrific massacre where 1400 people were murdered in their home or at a party, and 240 more were kidnapped. Israel needs all the support it can get, as it is facing a huge wave of anti-Israeli activism. I want to invite you to follow a project I've started, that could help you get a deeper grasp of the occurrences of October 7th, and get to know a little better some of those who were kidnapped. Starting 15 days ago, I've been drawing one of the kidnapped people; men, women and children of all ages, while including a few words about who they are, and the circumstances of their kidnapping, in each post. I'm sharing some of the portraits here, and would welcome anyone who'd like to follow the project on Facebook. Stay safe.
  4. And these, which didn't make it through on the last post. These are all details from the same painting. It's nude, so I'll include it as a link and not a picture: Link.
  5. Here's an idea: I believe that modern art is an attempt to make art "un-human" and "scientific" and "objective", by trying to reduce art into principles of composition and visual design rather than meaningful content. Those same principles of design were present in past generations of art. Things like repeating rhythms throughout a piece. so modern art tried to make it as if the narrative, emotions, people etc' were not a real part of the meaning of a painting, but the shapes and colors are. They started going into this messed up view that really, the only thing that truly exists is the canvas. So it can definitely be a result of a philosophy that does not trust the mind and claims that the universe exists but that humans can't know it. Also, the impressionists started a new way of looking at the world which may have also led to this. Before the impressionists, the artworld focused very strictly on form. The impressionists started looking at the world as fragmented blotches of color. At first they were laughed at, but later gained respect (justly so, but that's another topic) and I imagine this respect opened the door to all bunch of hoo-ha's trying to make a quick buck by being an "innovative genius". Once you abandon the need for skills of drawing forms, everything goes. So.. That may have contributed also.
  6. And these, which didn't make it through on the last post. These are all details from the same painting. It's nude, so I'll include it as a link and not a picture: Link.
  7. Hi, Been such a long time since I've posted here. Stumbled upon a post from this forum tonight and decided to check my old thread. I've recently finished a few paintings. I'll post a couple that do not have nudity and one detail shot from the painting with the nude so that the picture doesn't catch anyone at work off guard. I'd appreciate it if anyone is interested and wants to follow me if you visit either my blog &subscribe or my Facebook page and 'Like' it. I post a lot of sketches, pictures of work in progress and various thoughts about art philosophy on both. I also write about art philosophy a lot on my blog and my page and I enjoy feedback. So here are the links: www.facebook.com/ifat.glassman and www.ifatart.com or www.ifatart.com/blog Here are some Latest artworks. Cheers, Ifat
  8. I'm in the mood to share this drawing I created. 8''X11'' Graphite, the drawing was done from imagination. I named it 'Dancing through Fire'. (I post a lot of artwork and studies on my Art page on Facebook, if anyone is interested, visit and 'Like'. )
  9. Thanks James and Greg. I very much enjoyed doing that portrait of Ayn Rand... I didn't remember or think that the file name was going to be visible once I posted these. It is actually the name I gave it for my own sake to distinguish between the different pictures. The name of the painting is 'Observing', which is the closest name I could think of for that. 'Even light' was to distinguish it from the other pictures I had of it where the lights had greater contrast. OK take care, all.
  10. Hi JASKN. Nice to see you here again after so many years... Some of my paintings take over a year as I take a long time to figure things out, some of them take several weeks and some are just a few minutes. The ones I posted here are: 2 weeks, 3 hours a day for the glass bottle still life, 3 days for the woman in the forest portrait, about 10 hours for the forest trail one, The portrait of a Chinese woman took 2 weeks, 3 hours every day and I was working from life and the last sketch took about 20 minutes or so and was drawn from imagination. I have a couple of long projects that I've been working on for the last year and those have countless hours of work put into them and studies to do them. I'm expecting to be done with them by the end of the month. Fingers Crossed.
  11. Hello. It's been almost two years since my last post, but I thought I'd stop by and update this thread. I post frequently to my Art page on Facebook; a lot of studies, sketches, imaginary drawings as well as paintings and major projects. You're welcome to visit and 'Like' it to see the content Here or you can also subscribe to my website at: ifatart.com for the more philosophical content (I write about the philosophy of art and my thoughts about my own work and other artists' work). So here are a few highlights from the last 2 years (and the last one is a tiny sketch from imagination I did last week). Enjoy and if you like it, please visit/ subscribe to my Art page on Facebook. :-)
  12. Prints are available for the current cover of The Objective Standard which I drew. Please visit This Link for details. The prints are of the drawing itself: see the drawing Here. Cheers, Ifat
  13. If I remember correctly, you were rather insulting to me when I posted here several years ago. So no, no "thank you". Please don't turn this thread featuring my art into a personal discussion. Some neat new stuff: I'm currently working on anatomy at my school. We draw models and then draw their skeleton and muscles based on our knowledge of anatomy and what we see. Here are some sketches:
  14. Hello Peeps! I have some news. One is the cover of TOS which I see someone posted about above. Another is about my blog, ifatart.com It has a significant amount of posts about the philosophy of art. You might find it interesting. You can subscribe via email or via Facebook. I normally post once a week, so I consider it a mild amount, not a flood-your-inbox type. On my Facebook page I also load images of all sorts of sketches and paint studies I make. This is my third year at Georgetown Atelier which means I will be doing mostly color paintings (full palette) this year. My blog is basically kind of a diary recording my artistic progression. -Ifat
  15. A 4-week portrait painting in Oil. If anyone is interested this painting is offered for sale as well as the rest of my student work. I will be using these greatly needed funds for my tuition and art supplies. You have all the info on my blog: Link.
  16. My early paintings and drawings were from imagination, I wasn't using references at all so yeah... they were very much off in a lot of ways. An experienced artist would make far better imaginative figure. I definitely appreciate my atelier training and life drawing practice and realize now how valuable they are. You have an atelier, that's great! Link please? Also, what is your name or website so I may view your work?
  17. Hi again. I haven't posted in a while. Here are some drawing from last year and some new paintings from this year. I'm studying at a small private art-school called Georgetown Atelier, these are all my student works. Enjoy, and if you like it you can visit my website/blog and subscribe at ifatart.com. I update my work and thoughts about art there. Thanks! And lastly -
  18. I have some new work to show. This is my work as a student at Georgetown Atelier (Link if you are interested in knowing more about this school), a small art school in Seattle, from my first year. Enjoy. Here is a link to the gallery that cycles through the drawings: http://ifatart.com/drawings/ Careful, these involve nudity and may not be suitable for viewing at work. I'll update more later on.
  19. Here's another drawing I did for fun: That's it for now. I'll update it later with some more works.
  20. Alrighty... time to display some of my new stuff. I've started studying full time at an art school that offers classical training: Georgetown Atelier. It's been a while since I posted here so I have a lot to show. I'll start with the works I've been doing at my Atelier. A 3 hour drawing (so not a finished work): This one took 3 weeks. My first rendering project (meaning, using full value range and not just blocking-in the figure/object). Another 3 weeks project (though this is not the latest picture): Now to the ones I made before the Atelier. The one I'm most proud of (from everything I've ever done), in terms of its spiritual value is this unfinished painting: And another one I did was this:
  21. I am thoroughly disgusted. But, putting that aside, I'll only say that I think you're a kind of a sophisticated troll, a 2.0 version troll. It's unfortunate that when someone enters this thread hoping to read some good discussion on what is non-objective art and what makes art a field open to objective evaluation, most of what they'll find here is your posts. But I have no time to tilt the scales nor motivation to waste my time replying to every point you make. You are obviously not an Objectivist and so I don't know what it is you are doing in Objectivism Online. You don't seem to accept any of the fundamental views of Objectivism in the field of Aesthetics - not even one. I'd understand if someone sympathizes with the philosophy yet disagrees on some issue or wants to inquire some more, but you don't seem to accept anything - you oppose the very fundamentals of Objectivism on art. What are you doing here then and why are you allowed to post in a section that is not the debate forum? People come here expecting an actual discussion - I don't think it's what they're getting from your posts. They only have the power to confuse someone trying to understand what art is.
  22. This just shows that you don't have an idea what Ayn Rand wrote about art. She never said every detail in a painting needs to be like a photo. She said that the aesthetic value of a work of art is measured by how well the rendering and all elements in the painting serve to illustrate its theme. For example, in The Fountainhead, Howard Roark never goes to the restroom, even though a normal person does. This is intentional because that detail has nothing to do with the theme (which is Individualism). The same goes for visual art. Blurring out unimportant parts can serve the aesthetic value of the piece a lot more than enhancing every detail. What someone called "melted" is, I suppose how the textures looked shiny and smooth - unlike a real key which has a more sharp texture and edges. The texture enhances the way one experiences the keys as a treasure. If the keys were like a photo it would no longer be art, it would be a picture of keys. Judging "focus" has to be done in relation to the theme of a piece. The focus is measured by how clearly the theme is illustrated. In The Fountainhead, for example, the theme is exhibited in a very clear, accurate manner because the philosophy behind the theme (behind individualism) is fully clarified in Ayn Rand's mind. And, as a result, every dialog demonstrates the characters and the theme in a crystal clear manner. Had she not thought out the philosophy behind the theme, or took the time to identify it consciously, it is likely she would not have consistently illustrated it and so more random elements would have been added. In the drawing of the keys, the theme is enjoyment of every day life. This is illustrated by the fact that an ordinary set of keys is rendered as if it were a treasure: smooth and shiny and in the very center of the drawing, viewed from an unusual angle, showing that to look at the keys from that angle, one would have to bend close to them to observe them closely, rather than view them from the usual angle they appear when one unlocks a door. All those serve to focus the mind of the viewer on the theme (on how every day objects can be enjoyed). This has an implied view of existence and of human nature.
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