Posts Tagged ‘Leeds City Museum’

Megaloceros Giganteus #2

I had one mission in mind when I went to the Leeds City museum, and that was to have another go at drawing the Megaloceros. My orginal sketch from February 2009 is here

It’s interesting rereading the commentary from where I drew it first time round. Where last time I was concerned about proportions, this time  I was far more concerned about the light. The lighting in the room is extremely unnatural – not that you expect to see giant skeletal Megalocerous running around in daylight of course.

The museum lights do throw shadows, which in turn effect the shape of the skull which I found distracting when trying to define the shape. I do feel, I have done far more justice to his jaw this time around, though I do feel I have cheated him on his teeth.

Also of note, where I mentioned in my drawing of the cranial nerves about the cheap pad I used that was extremely smudgy. I actually deliberately used this pad for this drawing, to use that “smudginess” to my advantage.

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Speed Sketch #5

After much cobweb collecting, The Leeds Sketching Group is back. I myself, have taken over the reins and we had our first new meet this sunday gone, at the Leeds City Museum.

I am also involved in the running of the Leeds writing group , I write fiction mainly set in the Belle Epoque, which you can find over here at The Dead Adventurers Club . I mention this, as I’m currently looking at bringing the two under the same umbrella. Watch this space

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Roman Torso

Final Sketch for the day, Roman statue torso which is on display on the left as you enter the museum. Can’t really add anything to that as there was no information along with it. So I’m guessing

1) Statue had its head chopped off by a private collector and the body thrown on the heap
or
2) Usual Christian damage, statue from an uninteresting site and from a stock room filled with similar statues

Leeds Museum, certainly not the worst museum i have been to, and im sure its great if you are a kid. But i do feel that they have planned the space and exhibitions out very badly. Also there was a fair amount of unintentional dis information in the ancient exhibition. Which I reckon is down to trying to do an over enthusiastic approach to impress the rug rats rather that letting the exhibitions speak to themselves. Final rant, the display of Nesyamun is just lazy friday afternoon work. What should be one of the main attractions of the museum has been pushed into a pokey corner. Oh and the staff don’t seem very approachable for asking questions.

rant over

Anyway, spent a good 40 minutes on it and quite pleased with the result. Feels like my first proper sketch.

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The Leeds Tiger

Neh, quick sketch of the infamous Leeds Tiger. For the record as some of the comments I overheard when sketching it. The Leeds Tiger did not use to roam the city streets. It was Shot in India in the 1800’s, turned into a rug and then sealed back up and put on display. Hence its wide head.

It was also most likely preserved in arsenic, so potentially still a mankiller !

Thing from drawing this, have come to the conclusion not very good at drawing hairy things. so that puts out going to Paris and drawing 15 year old prostitutes with webbed feet.

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Megaloceros giganteus

Following pictures are from the second Leeds Sketch and Draw which took place this Sunday just gone at the Leeds City Museum.

No Mummy sketch to warm up this time, went straight in with this sketch of the skull of the Megaloceros. The horns on this thing are huge! and i think i failed to follow the “draw what you see , not what you know”. The Horns on this thing really skewed the proportions. I also noticed this thing has huge neck bones as well, which in my sketch I under compensated on the length of the Jaw in comparison.

Wikipedia Article on Megaloceros

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