Andrew Loomis’ Fun With a Pencil
Blooks
More Blooks
I was doing a bit of clean up and came across a drawing pad that I hadn’t seen since 2008. These are some Blooks (Loomis’ term) from Andrew Loomis‘ 1939 book Fun With A Pencil.
Chris Fox
Figure Drawing: Balance studies
Figure Drawing: Balance Studies
When I came up with the name of this blog I had intended the pain to be a metaphorical one. Unfortunately, I’ve discovered over the last few weeks that drawing on an easel set vertically has its drawbacks. Specifically, I’m experiencing pain in my drawing arm from drawing this way. So I’ve decided to take a little break from the Bargue plates.
In the interim I thought I would do some studies from a master of figure drawing – George Bridgman. The drawings above are a few examples of his balance studies that I’ve drawn from Bridgman’s Complete Guide to Drawing from Life.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Chris Fox
Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 7 (part 2)
I hadn’t posted in a few days so I thought I would post where I’m at on the current plate. I’m struggling a bit with the rendering of the shadows on the left side of the foot. I can’t decide if it’s my technique or if I am overworking the paper itself.
Bargue Plate 1.7.2
Here’s the original series 1 plate 7 found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course.
Plate 1.7 (original)
As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Chris Fox
Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 7 (part 1)
Remembering how badly the last drawing progressed I made sure to spend the time necessary to get the block in right (which turns out to be about 2 hours). I’ve been looking forward to this plate. It is one of the more dynamic plates of the series.
Here’s hoping I don’t wring the life out of the drawing before I finish.
Bargue Plate 1.7.1
Here’s the original series 1 plate 7 found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course.
Plate 1.7 (original)
As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Chris Fox
Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 6b (final)
I have to admit that I’m pretty disappointed with how this turned out. And it all goes back to the initial block in that I rushed through. After making correction after correction after correction I finally decided to call it “finished” just so I can move on and learn from the mistake.
Bargue Plate 1.6b (final)
Here’s the original series 1 plate 6b found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course.
Bargue Plate 1.6b (original)
As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Chris Fox
Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 6b (part 1)
I decided not to wait until Wednesday to get started on the next drawing. So here’s where I’m at so far:
Bargue Plate 1.6b.1
I really rushed the lay in on this one and now I’m paying for it. While the right side of the drawing is ok, the left side is completely out of whack with the original. I’ll have to spend a fair amount of time to fix all that before I post part 2 tomorrow.
This is one of those times when it’s actually painful to post what I’ve done.
Here’s the original series 1 plate 6b found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course. Like last time, I’ve printed out the original plate as close to actual size of 18″ x 24″ as I can.
Bargue Plate 1.6b (original)
As usual, your comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Chris Fox
Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 6a (final)
Here’s the final rendition of the series 1 plate 6a found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course. I can definitely see where I’m improving. I can also see where I still need to make improvements.
Bargue Plate 1.6
Here’s the original series 1 plate 6a found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course.
Bargue Plate 1.6a (original)
As usual, your comments and suggestions are always welcome and thanks for checking out my work.
Chris Fox
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