Archives for March 2010
Woman and Her Dog
23 March 2010 | art, drawing, portraits | No Responses
Woman and Chihuahua
In Portrait with a Hat tonight we had a model who posed with her pet Chihuahua named Zootsie. The model wore a fox stole around her neck- no hat- and the dog had a fur stole as well. I did not have my paint box but one of the students said I should be working on this, too. So I rummaged up paper and charcoal and did this 18×24 sketch.
Two more versions of Europa and the Bull- 2/2
7 March 2010 | art, drawing | No Responses
- The Abduction of Europa
This is the second version mentioned below of Europa and the Bull. Here is a more dramatic version; Europa is taken against her will. She looks back to land where her companions are and half waves her free arm for help. A distant boat sails away, too far in the distance to see her plight.
The subject has an erotic charge, the horns of the bull representing both a mortal danger to her and symbolic of the threat to her chastity. Whether this version or the previous is more suggestive is perhaps a matter of opinion. Either way, Europa is on the crest both of the waters Zeus is stealing her across and of a different destiny than the one she knew a moment ago.
Two new versions of Europa and the Bull- 1/2
7 March 2010 | art, drawing | No Responses
- Europa and the Bull
I have moved on to charcoal on approx 20×25 inches ingres drawing paper for the Europa series. I like the laid texture of this paper, and I use either Canson or Fabriano. I always use vine charcoal.
I am trying both a passive Europa here, and another version with a more dramatic, terrified Europa. This shows a rather gentle bull with her hand almost caressing the bull’s head. Of course the bull is actually Zeus, so his less ferocious appearance can be explained by this fact.