This is my first ever attempt to draw a bust. When I was a student a few years ago, taking free hand and architectural drawing classes I was always jealous of one thing! I was jealous of my classmates who were preparing for the Fine Arts School exams.
They had to train sketching busts. All shorts of Ancient Greek philosophers, poets and politicians were standing there on the selves ready to be drawn! It was so amazingly impressive how the students used to use charcoal and within minutes their white paper would turn into the face of a philosopher. The contrast between heavy black and plain light describing the sculptures’ surfaces would just amaze me. I wanted to be able to do this….and here I am! Starting with this first bust…not quite sure who this is but definitely a good start!
This ties in brilliantly with my Life Drawing classes. See sketches from the weekly life drawing classes I joined recently here:
THE ARTIST…
“Busts is a collection of charcoal drawings which represents my first steps in the world of life drawing and drawing of human figures and faces in general. In these first drawings I am just trying to put in practice the theory that I read in sketching books or the instructions that our tutor gives during our life drawing classes. Hopefully, as I progress and practice more, the quality of my drawings will be improving with more confident lines and more powerful tone contrasts.”
Art is more fun when you meet the artists themselves. Meet the man behind the scenes. Visit THE ARTIST…
Love Sketching and Painting
CHROMA
