Posts tagged with: Bargue

A few weeks ago, I completed Bargue Plate 24 in graphite. I had started it, in charcoal and got about half way, but was feeling overwhelmed with the charcoal and wasn’t feeling I was going to reach the level of...
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I did continue to work on my Bargue Plate 24. I continued using only vine as I finished up the main outlines of the arm....
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I’ve started work on Bargue Plate 24. Its a plate I’ve wanted to copy for some time now, and I’m happy to finally get it going. I’m doing this one in charcoal and so far I have only used vine...
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Updates on some progress. Most recently, I completed a part of Bargue Plate 4. Plate 4 has many ears using Nitram Charcoal. Since I was using the actual book as reference and not a blown up copy of the plate,...
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I completed Bargue Plate 2: Mouths and Noses. I liked these a lot. This has 6 images, the first is a line drawing of a mouth and nose at different angles. Then next to each images is a more refined...
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As I was going through the Bargue Drawing Course book again, I was reading into the first Bargue Plate 1 – 4. These have simple drawings of eyes, mouths, profiles, and ears. I tried figuring out if it’s typical to...
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My first Bargue Plate is finally completed. As mentioned previously, I did Plate #22, which is one I had done before. I did this because I love seeing my own progress. The last time I drew this was in 2014....
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Have I yet mentioned how much I love doing these Bargue drawings? It’s a lot of fun. I love the simplicity of it and that I don’t feel rushed to do them. It’s almost therapeutic. I didn’t draw during the...
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I thought I’d share the 2nd Bargue drawing I finished a couple of days ago. Of course I had to do a head bust drawing. It was took much more time to complete but just as satisfying....
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OK people, this may be another step in my drawing evolution. About a year ago, I heard about “classical drawing”. This is drawing from plaster casts and studying the form and mastering light and shadow. Something like that. European awesomeness....
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