Day two hundred and sixty-two: Some of my favorites themes that have emerged over the course of the last 261 drawings include parrots, original prints, and classicism. This sketch incorporates a little of all three. It was inspired by a 1504 engraving of Adam and Eve made by German printmaker, Albrecht Dürer. Made between Dürer’s two trips to Venice, his Adam embodies the Greek and Roman ideals being explored by artists of the Italian Renaissance (feebly reproduced here). What my study doesn’t demonstrate is his intensely Northern attention to detail, and the remarkable density of his engraved lines. I love the parrot, just because, and like to pretend it’s Caprica (even though it’s too big to be a green-cheeked conure).
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