Psyche de Naples #309

1. Setup2. Materials3. Blocking In4. Values5. Shading and Edges6. Final Drawing, Psyche de Naples

This is a drawing after Charles Bargue‘ s Drawing Course Plate I. 44. using the sight-size method practised in French ateliers in the XIX. century. Today this technique has a renaissance in the United States of America.  It took me approximately four 3 hour sessions and additional minor corrections to complete the drawing using Nitram HB charcoal on Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper.

Literature

http://www.ingetang.com/praxis/bargue-gerome-drawing-course-preface-and-acknowledgements/

Sadness Quote #308

“The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”

CARL JUNG

Melancholy Quote #307

“I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.”

Edgar Allen Poe