Sculptures

Foreword...

-----

It is very important, indeed, for the artist to practice copying 3D form...; as opposed to copying just 2D 'flat' forms...such as photos/drawings/the TV/frozen video stills/-etc.

If you only were to practice copying just 2D 'flat' forms, alone...; then, you might find it very difficult, indeed, when trying to draw 'real life' forms...which are, in actual fact, 3D.

In other words, the artist must know how to be able to successfully translate 3 D form onto a 2 D 'flat' sheet of paper; and, this skill is acquired only after having gone and done truly sufficient practice.

For this reason, I like nothing better than to go out either into the streets of London/or else, go and visit seeing inside of galleries/museums...where it's possible to copy from 3D sculptures...especially, 'master' works...from which, I think, its possible to learn far more.

-----

NOTE(1): It's also possible, of course, to buy either full size/or else, 'miniature' sculptures/ornaments...which it's possible to both store/learn how to draw from at home.

NOTE(2): If a particular sculpture 'inspires' me enough to wish to learn how to draw it better; then, I will return back to repeatedly draw it, again and again...; only stopping when I feel I've got it right...; otherwise, I just keep on trying...

Sculpture: Venus fountain sculpture
Artist: Gilbert Ledward
Location: Sloane Square, London, UK. (Street sculpture)
Mediums used:
1> Graphite stick pencil/on A4 sketchbook white paper with punched holes.

2> Graphite stick pencil/on A4 white paper.

Date:
1> 31.8.18/(31st August 2018)
2> (Uncertain?)

Photo reference: Borrowed from Google search.

Sculpture: Hyde Park sculpture: The Statue of Achilles
Artist: Sir Richard Westmacott
Location: Hyde Park, London, UK. (Park sculpture.)
Mediums used: Graphite stick pencil/on A3 white paper

Date: (Uncertain/can't see any signature on the front/might be something written on the back...?)

Photo reference: Borrowed from Google search.

Sculpture: An Athlete Wrestling with a Python
Artist: Lord Frederick Leighton.
Location: Tate Britain Gallery, Millbank, London, UK.
Mediums used: (Various. Mostly, graphite stick...on A3 white paper. Different techniques...ranging from traditional: pencils/paper...to digital coping from a photo drawing using my finger/or else, digital freehand drawing, instead.)

Date: (Various.)
Photo reference: My own

NOTE: I have a lot of problems when it comes to learning how to draw this particular sculpture. The guy who created it is a 'master' of muscle/form...including, hair, head, neck, arms, hands, body, legs, feet...myself, as an 'amateur', I really am not too sure where exactly do all of the muscles/form goes...so, all I can do is just merely guess...?! My endless failures...sort of 'inspired' me to keep trying to go copy, again and again...until when I can get 'one' to work out right...but, not quite yet, I'm afraid!

Autistic people, like myself...when we encounter a problem...that we are, seriously, interested in learning to conquer...we don't just give up too very quickly or easily...even if it takes a long lifetime of just doing ever constant practice...not until when we do, eventually, get it...only, then, can we stop.

Sculpture: The Rescue of Andromeda, Henry C Fehr 1893.
Location: Tate Britain Gallery, Millbank, London, UK.
Mediums used:
1> Black coloured pencil...on A4 white paper.
2> Graphite stick pencil...on A4 white paper...with punched holes.
Drawing is dated front:
1> 27.9.19/(27th September 2019)
2> 2019
Photo reference: My own

Sculpture: The Age of Bronze, Auguste Rodin.
Location: Tate Modern Gallery, London Bridge, London, UK.
Mediums used: Graphite stick pencil...on A4 white paper.
Drawing date(undated): 22nd June 2021 (I can recall was the date I went to visit seeing the 'latest' Rodin exhibition show.)
Photo reference: My own

Sculpture:
1> Nelsons Statue/(Street sculpture)
2> Mother and child/(Street sculpture)
3> The Flute Player/(Gallery sculpture)
Location:
1> Trafalgar Square, London, UK

2> Stockwell, Tube Station, London, UK

3> Tate Modern Gallery, London Bridge, London, UK.
Mediums used:
1/3> Black biro pen.../on A4 white sketchbook paper
2> Graphite stick pencil.../on A4 white paper (loose)
Drawing date:
1> Signed front: 19-9-15/(19th September 2015)
2> Mother and child sculpture: Signed front: 13.9.18/(13th September 2018)
3> Tate Gallery sculpture/Flute player (uncertain date/signed at the back, possibly...drawing is not immediately available for me to check...?)
Photo reference: None

Foreword...

-----

These are my home based 'miniature' sculptures/ornaments...which I tend to practice copying from...especially, when I'm not in the mood to go out/or, visit seeing galleries/museums/-etc.; many of which I brought from my local 2nd hand store called: Emmaeus(homeless charity).

Page created: Wed 30 Jun 2021 22:06 PM GMT
Last updated: Wed 07 Jul 2021 21:14 PM GMT