Bouguereau studies

[Richard Murdock]

These are studies of Bouguereau faces and hands, in the first stage. Not sure if this is considered an "Old Master" copy, so I put it here.

[Terri Ficenec]

Richard, I've got nothing constructive to say here -- other than to say that these are beautiful and sensitively done. Looking forward to seeing more!

[Anna Wakitsch]

Richard,

Those are wonderful! Nice fluid contour lines. It sounds like you are planning to go on to paint these in oils? I look forward to seeing them!

One thing you might want to check is the shape of the etude

[Richard Murdock]

Anna,

That's a good catch. Thanks.

[Allan Rahbek]

Richard,

You did a good job on these drawings, please keep on posting.

I believe that this head is not easy to copy because of the asymmetry of the features. It seems like her left eye is far to high up, on the original. If the face had been symmetrical the perspective lines would have met in a vanishing point to the right as we see it.

Allan

[Richard Murdock]

Originally Posted by Allan Rahbek

Richard,

You did a good job on these drawings, please keep on posting.

I believe that this head is not easy to copy because of the asymmetry of the features. It seems like her left eye is far to high up, on the original. If the face had been symmetrical the perspective lines would have met in a vanishing point to the right as we see it.

Allan

Allan, thanks. I hard a time of it, because this one, and a few others I'm doing, aren't aligned quite right. But my goal is to further my understanding of his flesh tones, and I decided not to worry too much over the drawing (his and mine.)

[Richard Murdock]

Here's the second stage.

[Richard Murdock]

This is the second stage of my second Bouguereau study project. I'm looking to get a better understanding of painting skin tones, as well as speeding up my process. Color is more accurate in the second stage.