Rembrandt’s Drawings of Children These two drawings remind me of some of the storyboard sketches of Walt Disney’s ‘Nine Old Men’ period. The action & drama is supremely rendered with economy of means, a sure sign of mastery. Here’s what Wiki has to say about one of the ’12 Basic…
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Underexposure in photographing drawings & artwork!!
Photographing Artwork using Canon EOS 400, Photoshop & iMacI can’t photograph drawings using my Canon EOS 400, photoshop & Imac. The jpegs are always chronically underexposed. I suspect that it’s the camera is underexposing. But I’m happy with the exposures when taking snaps of non-artwork out in the real world. Which leads me to suspect…
Rembrandt’s Gesture Drawing
Rembrandt’s Gesture Drawing Rembrandt Harmensz von Rijn (1606-1669) Zwei Frauen bringen einem Kind das Laufen bei, um 1640 Kreide auf Papier British Museum, London, photo wiki Gesture_Drawing = https://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Gesture-Drawing Both these articles are great places to start reading about gesture drawing. Nicolades ‘The Natural way of Drawing’ is the best. I would add that because…
Gestural Drawing of a Musician
‘Stefan’ pencil & ink 32 x 24 cm © Adam Cope My camera & old computer refuse to take properly exposed photos of graphite pencil on white paper. The fine silver tones of graphite along with the delicate yellow wash make sthis virtually impossibl eto phjoto well Fiddley dee and fiddley dumb over the hills…
Urs Karpatz – Dessins des Spectacles à Sarlat
‘Urs-Karpatz’ Ink 25 x 32 cm © Adam Cope Urs-Karpatz came to Sarlat & played their wildly beautiful Tzigane music. You can listen to their music on their web site ! Apparently the lead man & ‘bottle’ (the person who collects the money in the hat & speaks to the public), Dmitri used once to…
Paris-Londres Duo-Musical à Sarlat
In the middle of the crowds, musicians play on the streets. People stop & listen, look, sometimes dream a bit, sometimes soften a bit, sometimes love a bit, sometimes give a bit, sometimes maybe buy a CD, then the people move on. ‘Sophie Read’ pencil 25 x 32 cm © adam cope This year, a…
Blind Contour Drawings of Genius
Blind contour drawing is a method of drawing widely used by art teachers, where an artist draws the contour of a subject without looking at the paper (Rodin) never (took) his eyes away from the model and with his swift, experienced hand entirely abandoned to the paper – Rilke « C’est bien…
Croquis des Familles en Vacances à Sarlat
‘Englishman & Son in Sarlat, 1st July 2009’ Pen & Ink 15 x21 cm (approx 6 x 8,2 nches). © Adam Cope NFS proud of this one, on th enail… yes! He was so tall, like a leopard, a sprinter, an athelete, his baby on tow behind him… 10 minute sketch in the crowds, on…
Night Time Watercolour of an Urban Scene
‘Sarlat – 2 Heure le Matin’ Aquarelle 30 x 40cm (approx 12 x 16 inches). © Adam Cope
Dessins et Encres de Sarlat par Nuit
dessins (fr) = drawings (en) encres (fr) = inks(en) Sarlat is a town near me in south west france where i exhibit nuit (fr) = night(en) Some pen, brush & inks from my 15 x 23 cm sketchbook. Night time in the town of Sarlat, on holiday …. we enter another world. The crowds, all…