Filed under: Art, Drawing, Life drawing, Reference, Sketch | Tags: mutes, pencil, Victorian
This sketch, a study or a pair of Victorian mutes, was from last week but a great test of my new A3 scanner.
Scanning joy! The thing that really got me is that these guys would do some sombre morning for you but you could also hire screaming ladies who would rip at there clothes and that the tradition of ‘professional’ mourners goes back millennia.
Strangely there are no photo’s of the screamers or you tube videos! ;)
I find it bizarre that you would pay someone to hang around your funeral (well at least one you’d organised) and weep or look sombre.
I just thought we needed something else here a little less grim, so here’s one of my life drawings from last year, also thanks to mr Scan Express. Cheap Mustek A3 scanning action I don’t ordinarily go for cheap but I really wanted to see how much use it would be as a studio tool before I stump up stupid money for the good ones!
Or maybe I should just draw smaller!
Filed under: Drawing, Reference, Sketch | Tags: pencil victorian albert 1840
I really enjoyed this very quick research sketch and it seemed like the perfect start to my visual research on Victorian clothing and life.
I’m having one of those moments where you see things technically not right but somehow the result is still pleasing. The temptation to ‘fix-it’ oh it’s just very strong but I’ve resisted and it’s possibly why I’ve pretty much just run straight to the scanner. Almost like it will disappear if I don’t digitise it!
So that’s my quick sketchiness for today.
Filed under: Art, Reference | Tags: Art, Illustration, image, Reference, reflection
Completely inspired after today’s trip to the library. I’ve been thinking about making an illustration of a mermaid but of course typing mermaid into the library database won’t overwhelm you with references.
So I went to look up the one book that was in the Camberwell library and see what resulted.
It should have been no surprise that I came across a section covering fantastic creatures and folklore. This is perfect and I realised in a flash that what I should be doing for my MA proposal is a series of images on mythological beasties and folklore. So I loaded up with five books that were on the shelf and we are away!
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