Day one hundred and seventy-six: I usually watch murder mysteries on TV when I make my sketch of the day. Last night there was an angel of death in one of the stories. Perhaps the idea planted itself in my subconscious only to be evoked by my pencil this afternoon. Or maybe it was more […]
Also tagged pencilDay one hundred and sixty-three: I know this sketch is morbid, but a conversation with some friends this evening reminded me of an etching that the Belgian avant-garde artist James Ensor made in 1888 called “My Portrait in 1960.” In it, he imagined himself at the age of 100 as a skeleton. My sketch does […]
Also tagged allegory, art on art, ensor, self portraitThis 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 […]
Also tagged art on art, face, oil, pencilThis sketch is the seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Seven: Bird’s wing and a bit of the skull face, finger painted and (poorly) copied after Dürer’s engraving, Coat of Arms with a Skull. Dürer hated copiers, which he called “envious thieves.” You bet […]
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