Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Form study in bi-directional colored light

Form study in bi-directional, colored light

Full Sheet (22" x 28"), acrylic on paper.




Head close-up



Ref image by kind courtesy of Karl J. Lewis (kjlewis in Deviantart).

Monday, October 27, 2014

11 studies of sculptures

A number of sketches studying the various 'Parthenon Marbles' (British Museum), Plus a few others.

A3, with compressed charcoal, pastel, or conte. From various unknown ref sources, my heartiest thanks to all of them for helping with my studies.












Monday, October 20, 2014

The making of Lady with Flute (w.i.p)

The Making of Lady with Flute (W.I.P). Other details and enlarged versions of this can be viewed in this post. I can't post a larger image because of size restrictions in blogger :-/

Full sheet (22" x 28") cartridge, dry pastel + some watersoluble pastel for background.







Sunday, October 19, 2014

lady with flute plus one more...

Lady with flute - (Edit: Original pic replaced with a better version.)

Full sheet (22" x 28") cartridge, dry pastel + some watersoluble pastel for background.


Enlarged crops :

arms


head



Ref image by kind courtesy of Marion Skydancer in Deviantart (DA).

One more: Compressed charcoal study, A3 size paper



Ref image by kind courtesy of Lily Serrulata in DA.