Nymph and Satyr - conte study

One large (30" x 22"), in-camera conte drawing of an Old Master sculpture. This is Claude Miguel's (18th Century, French) sculpture 'The Nymph and Satyr'. I was trying to record my process, and had that irritating video cam peering over my shoulder most of the time.

Including one grayscale image for value comparisons:

Sigh! (EDITED)

EDIT (above the dotted line) - Well, I've received a new email... apparently Blogger WONT be making the previously mentioned changes. FigureStack, which is about learning figurative drawing and painting, will not have to 'hide' its contents behind a privacy screen. The usual Blogger warning screen will suffice, it seems. I'm thankful that reason has prevailed - thank you Blogger!

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Google says it'll start censoring blogs that contain sexually explicit or graphic nude images, and that my blog i.e. Figurestack may be affected. Even though I can't be accused of the former kind, the figure studies here could be interpreted as graphic - since they include nudes :( Well, how am I to study the human figure if not in the nude! However, Google also says that it'll "still allow nudity presented in artistic, educational... contexts", but I wonder if someone will actually go through these blogs to determine which is which. The very reason I post these is to share with fellow artists (apart from general figure-art lovers), like they do with their own work - so that we may learn from each other. Its not that anyone can access this without a fair warning - blogger has a warning page for that. Additionally, I've put up a warning statement in the blog header. There are loads of teaching material here which could be of use to someone, and if google decides to make these private, the exchange of learning will stop. I hope they will be more discerning, and leave Figurestack unaffected. Otherwise, from Mar 23 onwards, goodbye to Figurestack as you have known it. 

2 acrylics

Just two acrylics from a couple weeks ago... (have already posted these on my website week before last).

1. Tree - 24" x 18", acrylic on canvas. Imaginary composition, figure, light, landscape.

2. Terracota Venus - 20" x 28", acrylic on paper. Just my take on Praxiteles' Aphrodite, housed in the British Museum. Many thanks to the various unknown image references I've used to study this immortal sculpture.

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).

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.