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Anne Songhurst
I mainly use the instrument for individual items in a still life set up, ie. getting the correct perspective when drawing patterns on jugs or lace, as it is very difficult to follow a pattern and get the perspective right at the same time. Photos distort too much so I find that the camera lucida is very helpful in checking the accuracy of my work.
To see more of Anne's work please visit her website here.
Keith Hook
I displayed the photograph full screen on my portable computer, adjusted the brightness etc and then aligned the Camera Lucida and drew the image down onto my watercolour paper omitting items I didn't feel should be in the final painting. This is certainly a very good way of quick paintings from photos.
Hooper Turner
I became interested in the camera lucida while researching Ingres's great body of portrait drawings. David Hockney suggests in Secret Knowledge that Ingres perhaps used a camera lucida to make the drawings. After receiving a University of Georgia Center for Arts and Humanities Grant, I purchased a camera lucida and paid students, faculty and community members to sit for me. The drawings took between 40 minutes and an hour. I found that the camera lucida allowed me to make highly accurate likenesses on a very small intimate scale. I used toned paper as a middle value, drew with very sharp graphite, and worked white acrylic paint into the drawing to add a layer of depth. The light was set up to imitate 19th century daguereotypes. I continued to draw portraits after the grant ran out and have accumulated over 100.
To see more of Hooper's work click here to visit his website http://www.flickr.com/photos/hooperturner/
Linda Gaskin
I have found the camera lucida to be a very useful aid for my drawing. I am a complete beginner to drawing and painting. I hope to improve and expand my capabilities with the camera lucida.
Kath Hockey
Still life drawings
Charles Burns
See more of Charles's work here: www.edobarn.demon.co.uk
