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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…