Afternoon eye candy: Find him! (27 photos)

Yes, I'll take a #6, #10, #19, #24 and #26 with a side of fries and a Diet Pepsi please. Yummy!!!

Have you guys ever thought about starting a dating service for your Berrier's and Chiver's? Because I'd totally be game – you have some choice A men here!

omg #23 is FOINE

#1 oh my gaaaawwwd *drooling

#4 #6 and #19

YUMMM!

#11 James Guardino. Does a lot of modeling.

#19 FIND HIM!!! Damn he's fine

PLEASE find #26. oh my goodness!(:

Of course #8

I want the one in picture #2 please send him to me!

#20 MOAR!!!!!!!!! OMG please find him!!!!!!!!!

to me, “if it were the goal of every artist to be a photo-realist, then the only thing that would make sooenme’s art different would be what they COULDN’T do.” Photo-reference has that ability to rob art of personal identity (unless, I guess you claim that the subject matter alone makes the art unique). The best art seems to reflect the artist behind the creation, whereas too much reliance on photographs makes art that is often too clinical.Artists like Norman Rockwell may have used photographs, but it was a matter of expediency and only after years and years of working solely from a live model. He never let the reference dictate the painting.There is a certain energy which comes from working from the live model. There is a give and take between the artist and the model which fuels the art (muses perhaps?), and it is in the decisions of what we include and exclude that we really claim the subject as our own. When we impart more of ourselves into the art, we create our best opportunity to move beyond talent, and reach for genius.I struggle too much everyday now because my previous reliance on photographs still leads me to draw from life in a manner that looks like I traced the photo! This is why I turned to plein air painting to try and help me break old, bad habits.To me, James, your guidelines are right on the mark, and I wish I had learned them in school, rather than having to learn them over time from my mistakes.As always, great posts!Matt