Part 3: Project 2: Exercise 3: 360° Studies

I actually enjoyed the monotony of picking out the window panes here. Perhaps I was feeling guilty for the lack of painstaking drawing within the last composition.

North view
South view
East view
West view

I think, if I were to choose a composition from these different angles I would go for the South view. This is due to the variety in levels of the buildings and the fact that the reflected light from the sunrise is hinted at on the east-facing buildings.

South view

I do have tendency to lose interest once essential information is down on paper. I have a mild fear of completion vs. overworking a sketch/drawing.

Walker. M (2020) The Runway [coloured pencil on cartridge paper]

My completed composition.

Yesterday..

Rembrandt. (2020) Jupiter and Antiope. 1659 [Etching with dry point]. ‘Rembrandt and the Nude’ Exhibition Fitzwilliam Cambridge. 24/09/2019 -9 23/02/2020

We went to the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge. There was an exhibition of Rembrandt etchings there. It was a very small space with maybe between 20 and 30 images. This one caught my eye. My partner tried researching the backstory to the Greek mythology (Jupiter and Antiope) by which it had been inspired. The stories and characters involved are seemingly endless however, and not always purposeful in my humble opinion. But I liked the image all the same. It puts me in mind of a Picasso drawing with similar mood and composition, but with a minotaur.

Minotaur Caressing a Sleeping Woman. (1933) Picasso.

References:

Picasso. (2020) Minotaur Caressing a Sleeping Woman. 1933 [Drypoint] ‘Picasso and Paper’ Exhibition Royal Academy London. 25/01/2020 – 13/04/2020

Rembrandt. (2020) Jupiter and Antiope. 1659 [Etching with dry point]. ‘Rembrandt and the Nude’  Exhibition Fitzwilliam Cambridge. 24/09/2019 – 23/02/2020

Walker. M (2020) The Runway [coloured pencil on cartridge paper]

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