Working on a Sphinx or two for Arkonbey, and finding that my usual weakness applies here, too. Number one reason I prefer drawing skirted figures:
Legs.
Trying to get the twist of the feet and the perspective of the legs in general has been a challenge, especially as I haven't drawn for a while.
Just found this image of Bernie's feet, which may help, as I'd like to do a reclining sphinx.
And, for good measure, this one of the whole chunky boy.
Last night just for fun I also started a sphinx on a bike. What I can't decide is, wings or no?
And lastly, looking for other reclining poses, found Rembrandt's Danaeso I got caught up doing a sketch from that. The actual drawing is mirror image to what you see here (laptop camera quirk.) Same with Sphinx on a bike.
That's all for now. Just wanted to share one of my latest projects.
More good things found floating around on Facebook. If you know who came up with this in the first place, let me know. (Update! I found where this originated. Now waiting to hear if prints are available...) I want one! Many! Lots!
UPDATE (Jan 28, 2012) :
CCS is pretty cool in my book. They just sent me a whole stack of these. (format is slightly different)
This afternoon my awesome art photographer Neil stopped by with photos of two 'tricky' pieces. He's sort of the mad scientist of photographers, and a fabulous story teller.
Both of these paintings (which I've been picking away at for the last two or more years) have subtle and not-so-subtle textures, and Neil is the kind of person mad scientist who will mess around with filters and flares and lights and I don't know what-all (I sort of glaze over, but the enthusiasm is infectious!) to get the right balance of texture and smooth.
By the way, "Flying Carriage" was one title suggested for the first piece. I'm always open for suggestions, as you all come up with far better ones than I!
To offset the general feeling of doom and gloom, here are two videos I came across yesterday.
Let's start with one that has been making the rounds on Facebook, and also on George Takei's blog "That blog is so Takei!" It's sweet, it's affirming, it's something I'd love to see come true for everyone who falls in love.
p.s. I get a bit sniffly each time I get to the end, and I've watched it three times already.
And then this one from my mum (found it buried in the "Emails I meant to read" folder) is rather sweet, in a 'hey, maybe we'll get through this' kind of dance-number-ish way. Oogh, enough of this crappy economic tangle!
Bonus, the lead singer is channeling some sort of happy John Waters vibe.
Enjoy! And I'll be getting some other things posted before too long. I've been chastened for not keeping the blog fresh. Danggit, I didn't realize people were paying attention!
