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06-19-2006, 04:54 PM
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It's been a long time...
I took a portrait drawing class at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts - and this is the result. The first model quit after 2 sessions, so I don't have much to show for that one.
This is the second one, of Ariel. Fusain Nitram charcoal on Canson Ingres paper- in 4 2-hour sessions, using the Barque method of comparative drawing.
I enjoyed the whole thing immensely - I think I just may have to join the open studio sessions on Tuesday nights at the local art league. I just wish I could find something during the day!
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06-19-2006, 07:09 PM
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Hi Cindy
What a lovely drawing - so fresh and characterful and wonderfully alive - I particularly love the way you have caught her mouth...
So envious of you working with this model too! She looks just my cup of tea, but perhaps a long way to come for me!!!
Beautiful.
All the best
Mary Jane
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06-19-2006, 07:36 PM
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Hello Cindy,
very nice classical drawing. Thank you for sharing.
Ilaria
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06-19-2006, 07:52 PM
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Cindy - that is absolutely lovely!
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06-19-2006, 09:49 PM
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This is lovely, Cindy. You drew from what I find is the most difficult position, where the nose almost touches the cheek. Hard to get that western eye to turn properly and you did a wonderful job with it.
What is Fusain Nitram charcoal, and can you take a photo of a piece of it?
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06-19-2006, 10:23 PM
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Oh good heavens! My beloved Alma Mater, NOT!
I cannot BELIEVE they ARE ACTUALLY having portrait classes. That was ALMOST beneath them when I was there. They preferred we play with sand and explore abstract shapes in charcoal.
Good start, watch the neck area, it seems a bit long. However a lovely job all in all!
You won't believe how this will advance your work in so many subtle ways.
I thought I could go it without this kind of work until I kept running back and forth to the museum to see how poorly my work compared to Sargent , Reynolds, Gainsborough, Sully, Stuart, Copley, Monet, Manet, the list goes on. It was humbling.
Good for you Cindy!
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06-19-2006, 11:17 PM
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Hi Cindy-- great work! I especially like how you handled the hair and the mouth.
I'm curious how the class was run. . . were there class critiques of the works in progress, or was each on your own?
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06-20-2006, 08:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mary Jane Ansell
So envious of you working with this model too! She looks just my cup of tea, but perhaps a long way to come for me!!!
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Thanks so much, Mary Jane. Yes - this model was a delight. I haven't had much experience with life drawing, so I don't have a basis for comparison, other than the model who left after only 2 sessions. He was like popcorn - bouncing up out of his chair, and even proceeded to walk around critiquing the students' renderings, and even taking up charcoal or an eraser to help strugglers along! I was appalled at his behavior, but the teacher seemed fairly oblivious to it.
Ariel, on the other hand, is a pro - she sat still as a rock, and gave us 5 and 1 minute warnings before she moved.
She is so tiny - so slight, and her shoulders so narrow that when I put them in they didn't look right.
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06-20-2006, 08:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Linda Brandon
This is lovely, Cindy. You drew from what I find is the most difficult position, where the nose almost touches the cheek. Hard to get that western eye to turn properly and you did a wonderful job with it.
What is Fusain Nitram charcoal, and can you take a photo of a piece of it?
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Thanks Linda (and Ilaria & Kim!)
Here's a link to the charcoal:
Fusain Nitram
We were asked to buy this brand. It's very nice - lays down a much more expressive line than vine charcoal. I noticed a huge difference.
It's square so it's hard to sharpen. Costs a lot more, so when it snaps off during sharpening and falls into the trash barrel, expletives fly (under the breath, of course)! And it's dumpster diving time! LOL.
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06-20-2006, 08:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell
Oh good heavens! My beloved Alma Mater, NOT!
I cannot BELIEVE they ARE ACTUALLY having portrait classes. That was ALMOST beneath them when I was there. They preferred we play with sand and explore abstract shapes in charcoal.
Good start, watch the neck area, it seems a bit long. However a lovely job all in all!
You won't believe how this will advance your work in so many subtle ways.
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Thanks Sharon.
But I think that you're mistaking where I took the classes. This was not at the Museum School - but rather "Studio Art Classes" in the art studios on the third floor of the museum.
About that neck... I could have used another 4 or 5 sessions to finish this drawing. I didn't get a chance to model any of the neck muscles - which would have, I think, fixed the problem.
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I thought I could go it without this kind of work until I kept running back and forth to the museum to see how poorly my work compared to Sargent , Reynolds, Gainsborough, Sully, Stuart, Copley, Monet, Manet, the list goes on. It was humbling.
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Why would you torture yourself so? LOL. Ignorance is bliss.
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