100 Hundred Days of Figure and Anatomy Studies

DAY 30

Second piece for Iliya’s figure painting class finished. I could definitely take it further, but I’ve sadly run out of time. The technique is completely wrong, vis a vis the brief for the assignment, but Procreate doesn’t have the tools to do it properly, so there you go.

DAY 31

Finished the Velasquez study. Well, might take it further….

DAY 33

Thank you both Jan and Daniel!

DAY 35

Started a little study from Bouguereau today. A lot of people who are into realism in representational art these days are absolutely mad for Bouguereau. I would say I appreciate his work more than I like it. He was a consummate master, but with my 21st century sensibilities, I can’t help but find the sentimentality of a lot of his work a bit syrupy. But that’s a statement on my taste rather than a judgement on his work. The things i really love in his paintings are his compression of values and his idealised flesh tones. So that’s what I’ll be concentrating on here. This is in Procreate, but I thought  I would still try working with a grisaille as if I was using traditional media.

DAY 37

Spot the difference

DAY 39

Started blocking in this portrait commission