Archive for February, 2010

Venus’ Backside #3

Venus' Backside #3

… And another attempt, this time another shift in view. I think here I have straighten the back too much, and god knows what is going on with the right arm.  I am wondering, if the sculpture was trying to make an older model look younger – I can’t really back that statement up with anything, but something is buggin me about the statue.

Still, not a bad way to spend an hour on sunday, drawing Venus’ bum.

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Venus’ Backside #2

Venus' Backside #2

… So I thought I would give it another go, this time from a different angle. I am more happier with the back on this attempt, but have probably given her a slightly more perky bum then what she actually has. Again that weight shift seems wrong to me. Here is a picture of the statue from the front, which also brings us to something else I struggled with, which was her shoulder blades. In the sculpture, there is not much detail, I have probably stressed it more in all three drawings, than what it actually is. But, where they are, seems wrong. – to me.

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Venus’ Backside #1

Venus' Backside #1

Following on from where I went back to Leeds Museum to redraw the Megaloceros giganteus,  going back to the Art Gallery, I decided  I was going to revisit Antonio Canova Venus . Initially, I was going to do just the head, but walking past and umming and erring I decided I was not in the mood to be frustrated by her chin, so instead I went for her backside.

Which proved to be equally frustrating. There is something wrong with this statue. I was really battling with not trying to draw what I know, but what I see. The shift of weight on the hips seems all wrong to me, and so do the shoulders.

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Warm Up Eric Kennington ‘The War God’

Eric Kenningtons 'The War God'

A very quick sketch of the statue ‘The War God’ at Leeds Art Gallery.  You can see the original here . I was at the gallery for, the very last Leeds Sketchers Meet, which was appropriate, as it was where the first one was inFebruary last year. Though it is the last ‘Leeds Sketchers Meet’, it is not the last time we are meeting. We will be meeting in March under the name, The Leeds Savage Club.  Check out this link after the 3rd of March for details.

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15th Century Half Armour – Incomplete

Incomplete 15th Century Half Armour

Following on from the warm up sketch, I attempted to start drawing the whole piece. I have added a couple of photographs I took of the armour, to my smokeback albums on fotki and flickr

I do have quite a good understanding of how armour is constructed, I used to be an armourer and I did find that helpful when sketching out  the initial shape. However, as you can see from the photo’s, the decoration on the amour is quite detailed and this is where I got stuck.

Someone said to us the other day, about being not being able to draw.  I think drawing is two things; The first is observation and the second is having a bag of tricks. The more drawing you do, the more tricks you add to that bag.

When it comes to putting an intricate 2D design onto a curved surface, I have to say, I am stumped.

Definitely something I am going to  have to come back to …

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