After Greek Statue of a Boy Wrestling a Goose

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This drawing, which measures about 5.5." x 7.5", was

drawn entirely with a blending stump charged

with graphite powder on a piece of gessoed watercolor paper.

I have always been inspired to draw by ancient works, as

you must know if you are familiar at all with my blog. But

I've always had a particular fondness for this statue. In

this drawing the goose is given a very perfuntory render-

ing so you cannot really see him, but the sinous lines of

the statue's design still come through, I think.

I did do a large green pastel drawing of this same work, but I
was never satisfied with it. In that work the goose was quite
realistically rendered, but I wasn't happy with the boy...
oh well, it's always something.

I'm so excited! I just purchased a set of an entirely new
type of acrylics, called Interactive. They are made in
Australia, and have quite revolutionary characteristics
for acrylics. More about that later. I can't wait to use
them!

Thanks for visiting today.

Susan with a Towel on her Head

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This is a pencil drawing of my sister, Susan, with a towel arranged
artfully on her head. Doesn't she have beautiful eyes? They have
always looked this way, ever since she was a baby - and we have
the photographs to prove it! Except, this was drawn from life.

I know, the towel is strange....I just liked the shapes it made, and
the way the crossover at the top complemented her high forehead.
I have always been into the Renaissance. I think that is kind of
the influence here.

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