Old Master Studies - post 3 (updated May 12, '13)

(UPDATED with an older acrylic study of sculpted torso - please see below)

After Leonard Kern's sculptural interpretation of Three Graces.

A3 size, conte

After Antonio Canova's Three Graces - study in Payne's Gray and Titatinum White

16" x 12" acrylic on canvas paper

Study of cast (image); artist unknown.

Approx A4 size, graphite.

UPDATED on May 12, '13, old image. Acrylic on paper | 55 cm x 35 cm
  (Ref image by Jessica in DA) 

Close up...

Old Master Studies - post 2

The first set of studies are posted here.

A3, conte, after Gerson Wojciech (Polish painter, 1831-1901)

Looking at Mona Lisa's smile...

Well, that's hardly a novel activity! Millions already have, and millions will in the future, whether the original painting stays up or crumbles to dust. Her smile has been familiarized almost to the point of boredom, and yet, while flipping though pics of old master works for study reference I thought... why not study her? So here's that sketch, and afterwards I made those graphics while responding to a query by a friend.

I realized that Leo has used a set of three curves, arranged in groups to get that particular expression. I found the same mechanism, albeit much less obvious in Dominique Ingres' Mademoiselle Riviere. Mona Lisa has a softer, melting expression, add to that the effect of the incident light, which makes the 'curves' more obvious in her case.

pic 1.

pic 2. The 'curves'...

pic 3. The areas affected emphasized

Old Master Studies (re-updated on 11.11.11)...

Mostly Conte stumps and pencils, on A3 size paper. UPDATED with Anders Zorn studies

1. Study of unknown master work

2. Canova's three graces

3. Study of unknown
Master work

4. After Zorn

5. After Zorn

6.  After Zorn

7. An older one, updating on May '12... Michelangelo's slave:

Just stacking up from older posts elsewhere

Apologies to those who have already viewed these... I needed to get this stuff organized.

These are ref image based studies mostly on A3 size pages, using conte/conte pencils. I haven't posted in a considerable while, so I thought I'd post these line studies here.

(I'm thankful to the photographers/model whose images I've used to advance my learning. Some are from stock accounts, some are used with permission. Others, I have no idea whom to seek user rights from ... still seeking. Needless to say, I'll gladly and fully credit if pointed out. These sketches are for non-profit, educational purpose, and only loosely based on the refs. In any case, I'm totally indebted to their creators.) 


Credits:

Still trying to locate ref sources for Nos. 1, 3 - 5, 10 - 12.
Refs for nos. 2 and 15 are probably from Dailymail.
No. 14 is from Domai.
No. 13 is from Rachastock in Deviantart.
No. 9 is from Cable9tuba in Deviantart.
Nos. 6 and 7 are from Lockstock in Deviantart.
Thanks again for your kind inspiration!

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