Jonathan Long is the founder of The Renaissance Workshop, which aims to revive the artisanal drawing techniques used by artists of the 15th and 16th centuries. In this Artist Insights film, Jonathan tells us how his desire for historical authenticity gives his life meaning, how a knowledge of materials helps us connect with the art of the Old Masters, and why the Renaissance approach to drawing is still so vital today.
Contents
0:00 Introduction
0:54 “I was yearning for an experience like that of an apprentice in a Renaissance workshop”
1:31 “Something radiated out from the paintings at the National Gallery”
2:06 “I had to study history to understand what art really means”
3:05 “You have to draw before you can paint”
3:37 “You can’t understand the process of Renaissance drawing without the materials”
5:18 “I need to have the confidence that what I’m doing is historically authentic”
5:54 “Cennino Cennini is an essential insight into how artists worked”
7:13 “Artists were primarily interested in the narrative capacities of the human form”
8:17 “Drawing is a means of conception, a process of incremental refinement”
10:14 “The materials I produce would be recognisable to an artist of the Renaissance”
10:38 “Silverpoint drawing is a physical transfer of one material to another”
11:47 “Everything made in the Renaissance was beautified. That’s what I want to bring back”
12:09 “The process begins with the raw materials”
14:36 “It’s a way to have a tactile and immediate interaction with history”
15:19 “There wasn’t a Jackson’s in the Renaissance”
15:54 “Renaissance drawing is an interpretive and representational art form”
17:09 “Leonardo said you begin a drawing with the movement”
17:56 “The second stage of the drawing is about refining the intrinsic design of the form”
18:11 “Tone is what enables us to see the substance of something”
18:58 “To find out when a drawing is finished, define what your intentions were”
19:41 “Drawing is the way to get into the mood for drawing”
20:28 “I love drawing people who I have affection for”
21:19 “Renaissance Workshop exists to make historical drawing a part of the living fabric of our world now”
22:04 “There was a Corinthian potter…”
22:48 Credits
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