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.
|
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.
Quote:
|
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.
|
Why would you torture yourself so? LOL. Ignorance is bliss.