I love going to fine art museums and looking at the classical statues. I think sculpture is maybe a more forgiving medium because nearly all the sculptures are so beautiful (though not all the paintings always are). This is an absolutely brilliant statue in the New York Museum of Art called "Ugolino and his sons" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. I also love the fact that there is an intriguing story that you want to know after you see the sculpture. This is a pencil sketch from my sketchbook.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Statues
I love going to fine art museums and looking at the classical statues. I think sculpture is maybe a more forgiving medium because nearly all the sculptures are so beautiful (though not all the paintings always are). This is an absolutely brilliant statue in the New York Museum of Art called "Ugolino and his sons" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. I also love the fact that there is an intriguing story that you want to know after you see the sculpture. This is a pencil sketch from my sketchbook.
GREAT study. You can tell it's accurate to your observation even though I haven't seen the original.
ReplyDeletevery good pencil work... something worse will be already perfect so...
ReplyDeleteThe main guy looks creeped out by the other guys. Very nicely rendered.
ReplyDeleteWow, Dave... I'm impressed. My sketchbooks are full or drawings I don't want to see anywhere near my blog. This is amazing! Even your "sketches" are incredible.
ReplyDeleteNice man! I do the same thing down here in South FL. Too bad we don't have many good museums. :)
ReplyDeleteSTunning!
ReplyDeleteaawwww i miss caste drawing...... =(
ReplyDeletebeautiful work! =)
brilliant sketch!
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