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quick italian summary #2: Figure studies

quick italian summary #2: Figure studies

    This was the whole reason i went to Italy. I wanted to draw the figure i a more naturalistic way. Studying in a classical atelier really helped me improve. For the first time i was taught a method  to help achieve this. (I will spend another blog post on the Angel Academies figure ... Read More
Quick Italian summary #1 Bargues

Quick Italian summary #1 Bargues

So i finally got the time to snap some reasonable pictures of the drawings and paintings i did in Florence. In order to keep things organised, i’ll group them as a theme. In this post i’ll briefly talk about  bargue drawings. The drawings i made were all done in pencil. These  drawings are designed to ... Read More
A tiny retrospective

A tiny retrospective

Prior to my classical adventures here in Florence, i studied painting in Holland for a year. I managed to dig up some old paintings i did and some personal compositional sketches from that time. It’s nice to see these images again, they remind me of the thrill of first touching traditional paint after years of ... Read More
Friday skull day

Friday skull day

Skulls! Together with some friends we had a little skull sculpting session lead by Floris Schullen. First we spend a day sculpting from imagination without looking at reference.  One week later, we did it again but this time from reference.  What a difference! (compare the first one, picture below 3th skull with the 1st on ... Read More