Bargue Exercises - an ongoing experience

[Richard Barnett]

Hi and thanks for all the info I was wanting to know where to buy one of the books for my self ?
And can you tell me the size of the the plates or book size ?

thank you for sharing all the info you have

Richard Barnett

[Michele Rushworth]

I really like the work you're doing on these exercises -- and your determination!

[Ngaire Winwood]

Thanks heaps Michelle, I am also doing other exercises as well but I will try to pick up the pace with these as I am anxious to get to the more complicated plates. Wasn't it Ingres who said "The way to become a master painter is to first master drawing".

Richard, As far as I am aware, Dahesh Museum of Art, 580 Madison Avenue, New York or visit www.daheshmuseum.org is the only place the book is available and the plates are all A4 or smaller.

I have increased them to A3 to make them more workable, your local copy centre should be able to do this for you Richard. Plate 3 is more faces, then number 4 is on ears. They increase with difficulty in each one, it is an exciting journey really. I have definitely seen an improvement in my 'seeing' already and I have more confidence to boot.

Others have suggested to do only a couple of plates in each section, but I think I should do every one as it is explained in the book as it is a progressive course. I am not into taking short cuts.

I will post a painting by Bargue to show his talent/skill.

[Renee Price]

I received the Bargue book from Santa (I must have been a good girl!) and I'm going through the plates one at a time, too. I can already tell a difference in how I'm seeing. It's a long process, though. The hard part is making your drawing the same size as the reference, but the results are well worth the time invested.

Renee