This sketch is the one hundred and twenty-third in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and twenty-three: This evening I was talking with some friends, and couldn’t take my eyes off an acquaintance’s fantastic shirt with a large angel and serpent-person creature. It appeared […]
Also tagged art on art, pencilThis sketch is the one hundred and twenty-second in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and twenty-two: I was all ready to attempt a magnolia blossom from the backyard in a Chinese painting style, when I received some photos from my parents. They attended […]
Also tagged art on art, oil, 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, pencil, 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, pencilThis sketch is the one hundred and tenth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and ten: All day I’ve had an image in my mind: the form of a runner, fragmented and repeating as if caught by stop-motion photography. My quick sketch of […]
Also tagged abstract, charcoal, pen and inkThis sketch is the one hundredth(!) in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred: This sketch in oil was inspired by a photo that a friend of mine posted on Facebook. I liked the light in the pic a lot and wanted to play with […]
Also tagged oilThis 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, oil, 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 […]
Also tagged ancient, art on art, oil, sculptureThis sketch is the seventy-eighth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day seventy-eight: After trying my hand at ancient Greek fresco painting yesterday, I thought it would be fun to play Athenian vase painter today. This drawing is designed after a detail of Ajax carrying the […]
Also tagged ancient, art on art, oilThis sketch is the seventy-seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day seventy-seven: Today I enjoyed lunch with art history colleague and friend, Andrew H. Last summer we visited ancient ruins in Ercolano, Pompeii, and Paestum, and saw the “Tomb of the Diver,” the only well-preserved […]
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