Finally, after a four month break, I’m back on the Bargue drawings. I’ve got my reproduction problems sorted (at a cost) so now I can get back to some heavy-duty eye training. This drawing is the first one from plate four, a plate entirely consisting of ears. Why ears I wonder? Well they are an
Back to Bargue
It’s been four months since I did any Bargue drawing. That’s a bit frustrating, since I remainconvinced that the Bargue drawings are the most intensive eye training I do. Right from the first plate,I’ve seen the positive effect of them in my other drawings. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that the
Paging Graydon Parrish
This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a while, and is an apology to Mr. GraydonParrish from a snot-nosed Brit who has been less than complimentary about his excellent book. A fewweeks ago, I got a very nice email from Graydon, who collaborated withGerald Ackerman on the publication of theBargue Drawing Course
Clytie One – First Cast Drawing
Clytie One – Sight Size Schematic So here it is, my first proper, sight-size cast drawing. Before you say anything, I know it isn’t finished. It’s not meant to be. This is the first of a series of ten cast drawings I’m going to do of Clytie, and I’m following the Bargue drawing approach used
Clytie Two – Cast Drawing
Clytie Two – Sight Size Schematic So here we are with the second one of this series of ten completed. I had lots of fun and games with this one. Firstly, I realised once I was a fair way through thedrawing that I wasn’t 90% to my drawing board. This produces distortion in the drawing
A Series of Cast Drawings
Having completed three of the four series of drawings of features (eyes, noses, hands and mouths,)I’ve just embarked on a new series. This series is going to be a bit tougher than the last lot, and willtake some time I think. A few months back I got hold of a reconstituted marble bust of Clytie
Bargue Drawings – Plate Three
These are the first four drawings from plate 3, there are ten drawings on the plate. So far I’ve spent at least ten hours on this plate, the detailed version of the one with the beard alone took over four hours. It’s a shame I can’t get through them quicker, but this is the pace
How to Copy Bargue Drawings – An Update
I’ve just finished plate three of the Bargue drawings, and I’m realising that there’s more to this than meets the eye – mainly because I steamed straight in without actually finding out how to copy the Bargue plates first. The difficulties I’ve had with them have come down largely to two things, bad technique and bad
Bargue Drawings – Plate Two
The original plate My copies Plate two, and the drawings are starting to grow in complexity already. I worked on these copies for longer, each one taking me between half an hour to an hour, so there’s well over ten hours work in this plate. For this plate, I had the originals blown up closer
Charles Bargue Drawing Course (Cours De Dessin) Review
Before I get into the review proper, I just want to say a few words about what transpired when one of the authors of the Charles Bargue Drawing Course found this review on the site here. He wasn’t pleased. If you don’t really want to hear about that and would rather get straight to the review, just