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Drawing is so integral to all art, and in and of itself, I consider it to be as major an art form as any. With such an emphasis on traditional art and methods being taught again in many atelier's and other schools around the world drawing is rising to an importance in art that it has probably never had before. It is wonderful to see so many younger artist's today learning those methods and learning to become such excellent draughtsmen (and women) Traditional realism is alive and thriving and hopefully through Crosshatching's I can add my own little niche to such a great body of work existing now. Enjoy your visit here!
Time to referesh
Lately I've been wanting to do more figurative drawings and started one which almost immediately got trashed and now I have another on the drawing table. But, lacking the opportunity for now to draw from life I quickly saw that I was in need of some good old academic refresher studies. I've set myself to drawing after copies of the Bargue plates which are a mainstay of many ateliers worldwide for drawing students. My goal is to do at least two per week working from the most basic plates up to the more complex drawings in the catalogue.
Below are my first two drawings which are copies of the most elementary forms and shading. Seems redundant maybe to some who work with the figure quite often but I felt I needed this exercise to reacquaint myself with the human form, light and shadow on the form, and most of all, patience!
I was excited to see my results as rather good but I know if I was a student at any atelier using this process my copies wouldn't pass muster, the copies should be exact replicas down to proportion and line. Nevertheless, being an old dog teaching himself new tricks, I'm pleased with my first effort. I know as the drawings become more complex my own exacting habits will take over. Originals are on the left (not that I really had the need to make that apparent!)
1 comments:
I never heard of the Bargue plates, but I think your drawings look fine (no two people have the same ears, anyway!). I think returning to the basics is an excellent way to practice those skills- great idea. I could definitely use that kind of practice- wish I had time.
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