The only progress I've made since the last post has been choosing my photo and making a grid on my paper. The photo I chose was the one that I didn't think I was going to choose but in the end I felt like it captured the mood I wanted better than the other one. So, that's really it for this week's progress but I plan on drawing an outline this weekend so a longer progress post is on the way.
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about the self portrait project, but I have yet to find a picture I want to draw. I have several potential pictures, but I haven't made a final choice yet. I've spent most of my time thinking about the mood I want to capture in the portrait. I already know what kind of marks I have to use because I have to copy the mark-making style of the Old Master I copied, but I also need to draw a version of myself that represents me so I'm looking for a picture that's dramatic and has a lot of contrast.
update: I've narrowed my photo choices down to two pictures seen below! I've waited on this post for so long because my pictures keep having issues, and I still can't get them to work because my phone is actual trash, but I just wanted to make a quick post about the process of this drawing and the things I took away from it. The first step to this was picking an image and practicing with my medium, which was black charcoal (I'll upload a picture later if at all possible). My second step was drawing out an outline and a grid on my paper, and then toning the paper. Then the process got more complicated than simple steps. It started with just making the most noticeable marks first and then working my way down until I made the finest details possible on the drawing. It was interesting to learn about the mark-making process of my particular old master because the drawing includes a lot of dark and thick lines but when you look closer there are a lot of thin, light lines that make the value scale more diverse. Making these lines in the order that I did really made the whole thing feel more organized and processed.
Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance artist who was active during the late 15th century. Many of his works, mostly paintings, include depictions of the afterlife, particularly hell. He is responsible for painting the frescos in the San Brizio Chapel in Orvieto Italy which is a "End of Days narrative" depicting scenes from Signorelli's interpretation of judgement day. He had an intense focus on the study of the human figure as well, and this is the subject of many of his preliminary drawings and sketches. The Renaissance was a time where artists really wanted to gain a greater understanding of the human body in order to create more realistic and proportionally accurate works of art. The image below is just one of the six frescoes on the ceiling of the San Brizio Chapel. Luca SIgnorelli. The Damned Cast into Hell. 1499-1504. San Brizio Chapel. Orvieto, Italy. Thanks to khanacademy.org and wikipedia (for the dates)
if you want to find out more about the works of Signorelli click this link! www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/early-renaissance1/central-italy1/a/signorelli-the-damned-cast-into-hell |
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