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A_Rembrandt

Study of Rembrandt's Portrait of Hendrickje
Gouash on paper

I went to Europe in 1986. I buzzed my hair down to nothing so I could wash it with soap. This was going to be my version of art bootcamp. My days consisted of getting up with the sun and walking through the cities. Once the museums opened I stayed in the galleries sketching and staring. When the museums closed I went back to the little run-down hotel I stayed in and slept until sunrise to begin again.

The greatest lesson I learned from intensely looking and drawing works of art was the lesson of composition. Art masters were superb visual composers. When you copy their works you are under their supervision on how to compose a painting.

 

 

 

 

 

A_Titian

Drawing of Titian's Fete Champetre
Charcoal pencil on paper

A_Caravaggio

Drawing of Caravaggio's Last Supper
Charcoal pencil on paper

 

 

A_CaravaggioII

Drawing from Caravaggio
Charcoal pencil and water on paper

 

A_Goya

Drawing from Goya
Charcoal pencil on paper

A_Picasso

Drawing of Picasso Nude
Charcoal pencil on paper

 

A_Rubens_Draught

Drawing of a detail from Ruben's Draught of Fishes
Charcoal pencil on paper

 

A_Watteau

Study from Watteau
Pastel on paper

 

A_Manet_Cafe

Drawing of Manet's Cafe
at Folies-Bergeres
Pencil on paper

 

A_Rubens_Chapeau

Study of Ruben's
Chapeau de Paille
Gouash on paper

A_Manet_Picnic

Drawing of Manet's Dejeuner
Charcoal pencil on paper

A_Velazquez

Drawing from Velazquez
Ballpoint pen on paper

A_Renoir

Drawing of The Umbrellas
by Renoir
Charcoal pencil on paper

 

A_Watteau_Picnic

Drawing of Watteau Picnic
Pencil on paper

 

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