# \#visualperception
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## [The A1 Problem: Perceptual Mediation in Representation](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-a1-problem-perceptual-mediation-in-representation/2000)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
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**Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-a1-problem-perceptual-mediation-in-representation/2000 "2025-03-13T22:58:19Z")
The A1 Problem: Understanding Perceptual Mediation in Representational Art We see things not as they are, but as we are.” — Anaïs Nin Due to the nature of my work, I am often asked, “How do you get your paintings to…
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## [Perception and the Ever-Elusive Ellipse](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/perception-and-the-ever-elusive-ellipse/816)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
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**Last updated:** [January 11, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/perception-and-the-ever-elusive-ellipse/816 "2019-01-11T15:12:11Z")
Perception and the Ever-Elusive Ellipse For many visual artists, the ellipse remains one of the most challenging shapes to draw or paint successfully. This deceptively simple, symmetrical oval has infuriated countles…
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## [No, Learning to Draw is not Learning to see Accurately](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/no-learning-to-draw-is-not-learning-to-see-accurately/1305)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
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**Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/no-learning-to-draw-is-not-learning-to-see-accurately/1305 "2023-02-12T15:36:57Z")
One claim I often find myself resisting is the familiar maxim, “learning to draw is learning to see.” The phrase has considerable cachet, and once upon a time, I found myself using it in a loose, colloquial sense. O…
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## [What Does Realistic Look Like? (Art Aesthetics Magazine)](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/what-does-realistic-look-like-art-aesthetics-magazine/842)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
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**Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/what-does-realistic-look-like-art-aesthetics-magazine/842 "2019-03-05T14:09:57Z")
published via Art Aesthetics Magazine here: https://www.artaesthetics.net/publications/2018/11/30/what-does-realistic-look-like To learn more about Art Aesthetics Magazine: https://www.artaesthetics.net/ What Does …
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## [VIDEO SLIDESHOW/LECTURE:What Does Realistic Look LIke?](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/video-slideshow-lecture-what-does-realistic-look-like/776)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
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**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/video-slideshow-lecture-what-does-realistic-look-like/776 "2019-02-15T20:56:42Z")
What Does Realistic Look Like? Join Ani Art Academy Waichulis founder and renowned realist painter Anthony Waichulis for a penetrating look what we mean when we describe something as realistic. (approx. 95 minutes) "…
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## [An Exercise for Exploring Diminishing Size](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/an-exercise-for-exploring-diminishing-size/716)
**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
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**Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/an-exercise-for-exploring-diminishing-size/716 "2018-06-28T17:12:16Z")
Among the many things that we tend to “misjudge” terribly amid an observational representationalist endeavor is the rate at which apparent size diminishes as viewing distance increases. It’s rather surprising. In looki…