Sketchbook Thread of TimonQ

[TimonQ]

couple more, let me know if I'm killing the image with the shading (as opposed to with just the lines...):

033:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Slave (dying)
c. 1513
Marble, height 229 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/giulio_2/slave5.html)

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1113/003033linessy7.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=003033linessy7.jpg) http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7796/003033copygs4.jpg http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1125/slave5we8.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=slave5we8.jpg)

002:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Bacchus
1497
Marble, height: 203 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/1/4bacchus.html)

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9910/004002linesic0.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=004002linesic0.jpg) http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6590/004002copyon7.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1461/4bacchusdt7.th.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4bacchusdt7.jpg)

[Rebeccak]

TimonQ,

Welcome. :) You have a nice start to your pieces here. What I would encourage you to do is to aim for more of a rendered look around the area of the torso. Really use this Workshop as a chance to sketch the whole figure, but to render the torso, even if it means doing fewer than 50 pieces. You really want to be able to understand things both at the big shapes level and at the small shapes level, and maximize your opportunity to do so within this group context. I look forward to seeing more of your work. :)

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[TimonQ]

Thanks Rebecca. I'll be sure to work the torso's to a higher degree.

Here's a couple more:

085:
BRACCI, Pietro
Neptune
after 1759
Marble
Piazza di Trevi, Rome (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/bracci/neptune.html)

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1299/005085linesqp3.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=005085linesqp3.jpg) http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2104/005085copybi1.jpg http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/252/neptuneal8.th.jpg (http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=neptuneal8.jpg)

081:
ALGARDI, Alessandro
Beheading of St Paul
c. 1650
Marble, height: 286 cm
San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/a/algardi/1/beheadin.html)

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/145/006081linesbd4.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=006081linesbd4.jpg) http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3223/006081copyoz2.jpg http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/5483/beheadinzl1.th.jpg (http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beheadinzl1.jpg)

Really liked this one. The twisted poses are just great. Thought it was interesting that the figure here was 6 heads (while so far the other guys have been 7).

[TimonQ]

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/6428/007014copytm8.jpg
014:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Dawn (detail)
1524-31
Marble
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/medici/2lorenz5.html)


http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/2796/008066copyev5.jpg
066:
RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel
Venus, Cupid, Baccchus and Ceres
1612-13
Oil on canvas, 141 x 200 cm
Staatliche Museen, Kassel (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/r/rubens/21mythol/11mythol.html)

[Rebeccak]

TimonQ,

Watch the shoulder axes on these two figures. It can really help to draw a horizontal line representing the axes of the shoulders when first drawing the figure. Also watch the width between the spine and each side of the body, particularly on the figure on the left. Mark these widths with small lines and compare the distances to one another.

I would recommend revising these figures vs. moving on to the next - I look forward to your progress! :)

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[mynti]

You've done a great job with the renderings of the statues (especially #33)... for the paintings, however, try not to worry so much about what else is going on in the painting, since it's just anatomy we're worried about... Also try to check yourself on the values, it seems like some of the tonalities in the Reubens Reproduction are a bit dark. Also, on the crouched figure on the left, take a look at the curve of the back, and as Rebecca said, the axis of the shoulders. A few minor adjustments would really kick that piece up a bit!

Great work,
Gracie

[TimonQ]

Thanks for the comments. Here's the Rubens again. I adjusted the shoulder angles, lightened up some of the overly dark areas and made a few other adjustments.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6307/008066copyaj9.jpg

Here's another piece I was working on before checking the thread

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5199/009075copyuv2.jpg

075:
BANDINELLI, Baccio
Laocoön
1525
Marble
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
(http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/bandinel/laocoon.html)

[TimonQ]

couple more:

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/9092/010076copybj9.jpg

076:
CELLINI, Benvenuto
Ganymede
1545-47
Bronze, height: 62 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/cellini/ganymede.html)


http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/556/011010copytm6.jpg

010:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Crouching Boy
1530-33
Marble, height: 54 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/2/6crouch.html)

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