This sketch is the one hundred and twenty-first in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and twenty-one: After yesterday’s study based on an etching by D. Y. Cameron, I thought I’d try making my own etched-like sketch of an architectural setting. This study is […]
Also tagged architecture, oilThis sketch is the one hundred and twentieth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and twenty: In honor of the last day of “Venice on Paper,” a show of prints and drawings at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, today’s sketch is based on […]
Also tagged architecture, art on art, cameronThis 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, sculptureThis sketch is the one hundred and thirteenth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and thirteen: My brother, grandmother, aunt, and I went to an Easter vigil at church this evening. Hearing the story of Christ’s resurrection reminded me of a woodcut version […]
Also tagged art on art, Dürer, figure studyThis sketch is the one hundred and eighth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and eight: This evening I attended the final session of my math prep for the GRE course. At one point, as the instructor was working through a problem, it […]
Also tagged cartoonThis sketch is the one hundred and seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and seven: Today I looked at some amazing prints by early 20th-century German Expressionist artists who were working in etching, aquatint, and drypoint. My favorite was by Emil Nolde. […]
Also tagged abstract, art on art, landscape, waterThis sketch is the one hundred and second in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and two: Tomorrow I’m flying to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to participate in the Midwest Art History Society’s annual conference. Not a lot of time to draw, and with packing […]
Also tagged still lifeThis sketch is the ninety-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day ninety-nine: I’ve been looking at 16th-century Dutch landscapes all day while working on my paper. The use of a tree to anchor the scenes perspective and direct the viewer’s eye into the distance was […]
Also tagged landscape, nature, springThis sketch is the ninety-sixth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day ninety-six: Yesterday’s workout made my legs extremely sore today, especially my quadriceps. I can barely walk down the stairs without wincing. The idea of drawing my leg muscles led me back to Vesalius’s anatomical […]
Also tagged art on art, figure study, oilThis sketch is the ninety-fifth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day ninety-five: One more day looking at old woodcuts. This skull is modeled after a skeleton depicted in the 1543 edition of an early anatomical atlas written by Andreas Vesalius titled, De humani fabrica libri […]
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