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Charcoal drawing of an ear cast
My first cast drawing done at the Toronto Academy of Realist Art! After my four Bargue copies of increasing complexity I’ve graduated on to drawing from real life. But I’ve also been demoted to draw more simple objects again. The first cast drawing students do at the Academy is always of a simple subject before…
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My copy of Bargue’s copy of Holbein’s Portrait of Sir Thomas Elyot
This is my forth Bargue drawing done at the Toronto Academy of Realist Art. Students at the academy start by doing four Bargue copies before moving on to drawing from the cast, so this is my final Bargue drawing done at the academy. Each Bargue drawing we do is of increasing complexity, so this one…
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My First Bargue Drawings
My first three “Bargue drawings” done at the Toronto Academy of Realist Art. Doing Bargue drawings is the common first step in drawing education at many art academies and is based on copying drawings made by French artist Charles Bargue as part of classical drawing course he made in collaboration with Jean-Léon Gérôme. The course…
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Old Bert
Here’s a digital painting I did back in September, just before starting at the University. It’s a portrait of Bert from Sesame Street as an old man.