Tag: drawing

Owl Hole

Graphite pencil drawing of an owl in a hole.

Drawings of the forest 2

Part 1

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 […]

Figure Drawing Construct

Three hour figure drawing done at the academy. I used to consider three hours to be quite long for a figure drawing, but for students fairly new to the academic approach like me it’s just about enough time to get a simple construct of the figure done. All that time is spent measuring the figure, drawing […]

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 […]