I've always liked the 1 minute pose. As well as the obvious bonus that... well... it only takes one sweet minute, I often find the result more interesting than a 30 minute pose that has been fussed over. There's just no time for the brain to intervene and ask the dreaded question "is this good?"- instead you ride the wave, and ask questions after.
I'm finding the ideas and teaching methods of the painter Cecil Collins' fascinating in this respect. Particularly the exercises he used to train spontaneity through painting with two paintbrushes, one in each hand: a way to short-circuit habitual mark-making and open up to life.
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Cecil Collins, ‘Sun Head’. Lithograph 1960 |
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