Anatomy Lesson Series: Body Part 2 - The Torso

[Bell7]

@ NR43 Thanks :), great pencil work.

And another, done a bit quicker, always loved this part of the fountain.

           085:
          BRACCI, Pietro
          Neptune
          after 1759
          Marble
          Piazza di Trevi, Rome

[Intervain]

so much awesome stuff here!

here’s my first quick contribution to the awesome thread, unfortunately no 3d - Rubens’ Three Graces

[LaleLoh]

It feels so nice to see so many excellent works!

6 days left, ah~ I can never complete the whole 50, but I think I will continue anyway:)

[YMS]

Impressive work, everyone!

LaleLoh, lovely shading!
Intervain, very nice softness to her body
Bell7, good, solid figures there (and lots of expression)
Johan, nice cheerleading! (And enviable pencil work)
jojo, really like your first one in those just posted
craban, nice work, keep going
Frejasphere, balancing skills to the rescue! Your torsos look great-effective colours
kewn, you even did the skull! You nailed that torso
MechaHateChimp, really beautiful style there

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    Torso # 20

087
SUVÉE, Joseph-Benoit
Milon of Crotona
Oil on canvas, 261 x 200 cm

Torso # 41
041:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Twilight
1524-31
Marble, length: 195 cm

[jojo1975]

Hello
@YMS, thanks for the comment
@Intervain really cool painting , which technique did you use ?
@MechaHateChimp great works ? Is it 2d PC or traditional ?
@NR43 Cool to see some talented old school drawing

Jojo

[Frejasphere]

Hi all!

Been doing some quick sketches and some large drawings, am enjoying this so much and try to get some done when I can steal the time

N343 - Thanks for your comments! It’s fun to draw big, the amuzing transition is from easel to computer with black fingers scream
You’re flying along here - keep them coming and keep enjoying the process!

YMS - thanks too for comments - your torsos are going really well beautiful & painterly!

Laleloh - I really like the softness in yours - nice studies!

Intervain - nice to see work from you again - a quick contribution and you’ve created flesh that jumps off the screen! bounce

Bell7- That last one of yours has a real marble feel about it, yet it’s got the softness of expression too… well done! I don’t know digital at all, but perhaps working quicker and leaving some of the soft edges has helped, nice face too!

Jojo1975 - You have some nice hatching on that last one (the back) - keep up the drawing! the more you draw the more you see - and the more you want to keep drawing…

so many more great ones: big thumbs up all! (I’ve used up all my emoticons…)

a few quick sketches using a blue pen on A4 paper. Hmm need to ask Rebeccak , is it ok to revisit a torso? as in 2 of these I’ve posted already, but as different drawings. I just like to do several drawings of the same one sometimes, but totally understand if you’d rather 50 different torsos… :wavey:

pen on paper

pen on paper

pen on paper

Oil pastel, graphite and ink on paper - 51x76cm

Oil & chalk pastel, graphite and ink on paper 51x76cm

cheers all and take care
a.

[Intervain]

YMS - thank you very much I really like the bold colours of your Suvee
jojo1975 - thanks well just simple photoshop hard brush and that’s it nothing fancy… first blocked out basic shapes and colours and then layered blobs on
Frejasphere - cheers good to be back! Really like your last ones - those colours are very much your signature!

another Rubens - this time from The Holy Family with Sts Elizabeth and John the Baptist - with a lot of artistic license - and you can definitely tell the lack of patience

[kmscottmoore]

Trying to catch up a little bit:

Bell7, I likes it!
MHC & Zhu-zhu, you guys rock!!

I felt like I could do this one better (005), so I gave it another try. I forgot to keep track, but it was several hours, more than 5 for sure, but probably less than 10. The angle of the shoulders and head tilt are still wrong . . .

[TripletDad]

Here’s number 5. Everybody’s been very prolific this weekend. I tried to do this one in the same pastel hatching style as “Dawn” that everybody liked, but got tired of all the hatching and started over. I tried an oil pastel brush and got something looser, which is good seeing as I can be so anal about details. Still not quite happy with the face, but it is time to move on to the next one.

Jancko- Really like your fluid line work, and the coffee stained looking paper is cool.

MechaHateChimp- Very prolific! Like the marble veining and your new addition of color!

Bell7- Great “Dying Slave”- it has a very soft feeling and I like your strong adaptation of “Neptune”.

Intervain- Your "Three Graces has a really whispy etherial quality about it.

Laleloh- Your graphite drawings have a really strong sense of form.

Frejasphere- Your Rubens and Michelangelo have great color- very gaughan-like.

Thanks to everybody for your great comments/compliments!

[Bell7]

There is so much fab work here

This is tonights torso, spent the couple of hours mainly trying to do the face justice and work out some texturing for her body.

013:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Dawn
1524-31
Marble, length: 203 cm
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence

Frejasphere – love the variation

kmscottmoore – thanks!

TripletDad – the face on this has been driving me nuts too, also time to let it go.

YMS – 087’s got a really dynamic feel

[Fes]

Some really strong stuff here!

One more from me… well I’m counting it as two torsos!

064:
RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel
The Union of Earth and Water
c. 1618
Oil on canvas, 222,5 x 180,5 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

[YMS]

Fiona (Fes) - what a beautiful work of art you’ve managed with that recent piece!
Two torsos, definitely …

[michael-olszak]

Very nicely done guys. i see everybody is making quite some progress that is so cool.

I’ve managed to do a couple last night.

No033

Nr036

Nr080

Nr091

Nr091a

Great work guys. Keep it up!!

[Bell7]

wow, Fes that’s just gorgeous

Have to find some time tonight, very inspired.

[Maidith]

Bell7 - I love the slave.

Intervain - the flesh tones in your Holy Family painting are fantastic.

Fes - great work

014:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Dawn (detail)
1524-31
Marble
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence

010:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Crouching Boy
1530-33
Marble, height: 54 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

[ytresu]

Maidith: your Dawn is damn sensual<>beautiful painting

michael-olszak: amazing sketches

Fes: your last paint from Rubens is superb: beautiful colors and rendering

Bell7: another Dawn, another great piece. the colors are appropriates and the torso is superb

TripletDad: your no.5 is a beautiful paint

Frejasphere: I love your pastels

Intervain: I really like this piece - Rubens’ Three Graces - beautiful rendering of the Rubens feel - great!

Sorry for not other mention but I’ve got few time for this notes. However I’m enjoying all your drawings.

[Mohd]

[left]Hi everyone.here my first sketch.[/left]
[left]Peace[/left]
[left]Ref# 061:[/left]
RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel
The Holy Family with Sts Elizabeth and John the Baptist
c. 1614
Oil on panel, 138 x 102 cm
Wallace Collection, London

[Mohd]

great work everyone,keep it up.and fes i simply love ur sketch.

[Intervain]

Fes that’s stunning!

Ruos - love the sketch, great Leonardo feel to it…

ytresu - thanks
Maidith - thank you
TripletDad - cheers! - really like your latest one!

[Fes]

Thanks everyone… I must say it came out better than I thought it would when I first started, must be 'cause I was enjoying myself.

Bell7 - I really like the sculptural feel in you piece
michael-olszak- wow, you’re really prolific! Great descriptive pencils.
Maidith - great stuff, I particularly like the 010 piece.
Ruos - lovely sense of volume there.

Keep it up everyone! I love seeing the work.