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>>3005583
I just did a little reading on Rockwell, on his technique. Here's what I found:
He worked from live models, AND photos.
He was under tight deadlines, most of his work was magazine covers, and had to shave off as much time as possible.
He wasn't concerned with accuracy, as he was feel - he wasn't going to be hung in galleries, he'd change and move things as needed.
He used what is called a "balopticon", or projector. (See photo)
“The balopticon is an evil, inartistic, habit-forming, lazy, and vicious machine. It is also a useful, timesaving, practical, and helpful one. I use it often — and am thoroughly ashamed of it. I hide it whenever I hear people coming.”
— Norman Rockwell"
He also used what is called 'deep focus", where all objects in a scene are at the same focus, unlike a photo.
He worked REALLY big, to get superfine detail.
I own a "balopticon", turns out. It's called a "Prism Artograph", or projector. I've used it to blow up small sketches onto large canvases.
Turns out, our boy Norman was a fine artist - and used tracing and any other method he could to speed up the production time for his work, including tracing.