Day two hundred and seventy-one: Today’s sketch is based on a photograph I took of a marble sculpture at the Rodin Museum in Paris several years ago. I’ve always liked the way the natural light from the museum’s windows fell on the contours of the nude woman’s body and created her form in black and […]
Also tagged figure study, pastel, pencilDay two hundred and eleven: In some ways it doesn’t really matter what the subject of the daily sketch may be: it’s can be very peaceful and relaxing to simply figure out how to represent something with line, light, dark, or color, as it flows spontaneously. Tonight I found a photo that I took a […]
Also tagged art on art, oil, pencil, woodcutDay one hundred and ninety-nine: This morning I had to look at a drawing Cézanne made in a sketchbook of Michelangelo’s dying slave at the Louvre. When I say had, I really do mean it was my job to look over this glorious page. (I’m so blessed!) And I thought to myself, “I have a […]
Also tagged figure study, pencilDay one hundred and ninety-two: This study is inspired by a Giorgio de Chirico oil painting I saw in a book today. Made c. 1930, the original is titled Still Life with Apollo Belvedere and Fruit, and I love, love, love it. Maybe someday I’ll make it to the Galleria dello Scudo in Verona to […]
Also tagged face, food, still lifeDay one hundred and sixty: Home from Peru and exhausted from travel, I thought I would make one last simple study of a pre-Columbian artifact. This sketch is based on a Chimú figure sculpted in wood during the Imperial Period (1300-1532 BCE). The tall thin object is on display at the Museo de Arte Precolombino […]
Also tagged art on art, figure study, still lifeDay one hundred and forty-nine: Today’s little sketch is a study of part of a sculpture titled “Paradox” by Kate Christopher. In the sculpture there is a second figure looking down. Tomorrow I’m starting a 10-day trip to Peru, and I’m trying to decide whether I should take my computer and digital drawing pad, or […]
Also tagged figure study, oilDay one hundred and forty-seven: Every time I finish a sketch it feels like a miracle has just occurred. Today’s drawing is a study of a sculpture titled “Thunder and Lightning” by Minnesota artist Paul Granlund. I love the balance of the intertwining male and female figures. The style I used doesn’t quite capture the […]
Also tagged art on art, figure study, pencilDay one hundred and thirty-six: After a long day I just needed something – anything – to sketch. What you see here is a study of a very worn medieval sculpture (I believe 12th or 13th century), which can be viewed at the Cluny museum in Paris. The headless king has been posing at the […]
Also tagged art on art, medieval, pencilThis sketch is the one hundred and nineteenth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and nineteen: Today’s sketch is based on a detail of a marble sculpture at the Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen of Perseus. It was made by Laurent-Honoré Marqueste (1848-1920) in […]
Also tagged art on art, face, figure study, pencilThis sketch is the ninety-second in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day ninety-two: Today’s rapid sketch continues the ancient Roman sculptural theme, but this time looks at Roman fresco painting. This slightly pudgy figure with stubby feet is based on a fragment from Ercolano, now in […]
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