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Dancer off-balance study #3

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Dancer off-balance study #3 / Artwork by Guido Severien / Uploaded 7th May 2020 @ 12:07 AM

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As an artist, I'm not so much interested in the esthetics of dance (grace and beauty - whatever that means), but more in grasping the 'movement and risk-element'. This means: firstly, gravitation, the off-balance position and how to put that into an image. More specific: the moment a dancer loses his control (or just before that moment). And secondly, the dynamics of movement and how to express that. Furthermore, the challenge is to put this into a traditional painting: no fancy software and-or digital techniques to help me. This is the third quick sketch in a row. Not enough off-balance as far as I'm concerned (in retrospective). But the aim was to experiment with movement this way and by doing so also reach the point where the subject loses his balanced position. If you have a suggestion, remark or want to give feedback, please do!