I chose to illustrate Hans teaching Liesel how to read. If you have not read this book yet I highly recommend it.
Showing posts with label The Book Thief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Book Thief. Show all posts
Sunday, November 17, 2013
The Book Thief Illustration
I did this illustration months ago but I didn't have time to make some of the final changes that I wanted until now. I thought I should post it before the movie is released everywhere. This is a scene from one of my favorite books of all time: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I have posted character drawings from this book before (http://nmb-art.blogspot.com/2012/04/figure-drawing-final-week.html and http://nmb-art.blogspot.com/2012/05/some-drawings-and-sketches-for-fun.html ) but never an illustration of a scene.
I chose to illustrate Hans teaching Liesel how to read. If you have not read this book yet I highly recommend it.
I chose to illustrate Hans teaching Liesel how to read. If you have not read this book yet I highly recommend it.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Figure Drawing: Final Week
Well, Intermediate Figure Drawing has officially ended. We wrapped up the class by continuing with costume/drapery and then we turned in our portfolio (best pieces from various categories from the semester) and our final project.
The project required us to find a nude (or mostly nude) master work figure painting/drawing/ sculpture. I chose a piece by Bouguereau (he has some lovely figure paintings!). We then had to duplicate it (I chose to do it in charcoal) and then do a vellum overlay of the underlying bone structure, and then an overlay of the muscles. It was quite difficult and it stressed me out! (note to future artists: don't put things like this off until the last minute) But it was a very interesting project and I found it to be a very good incorporation of all the anatomy lessons we've had over the course of the semester. It was pretty helpful to think about what is going on underneath the skin. And it helped me find lots of things that were wrong with my drawing proportionally. haha
Well, it's been a great class and I feel like I have improved quite a bit. :) Three cheers for art!
(I realized you can't see the face very well in the full picture so I added this semi-close up)
Also, while I was supposed to be studying for finals, I colored a sketch I did a while ago of Liesel and Rudy from one of my favorite books of all time: The Book Thief. I highly recommend it! :)
The project required us to find a nude (or mostly nude) master work figure painting/drawing/ sculpture. I chose a piece by Bouguereau (he has some lovely figure paintings!). We then had to duplicate it (I chose to do it in charcoal) and then do a vellum overlay of the underlying bone structure, and then an overlay of the muscles. It was quite difficult and it stressed me out! (note to future artists: don't put things like this off until the last minute) But it was a very interesting project and I found it to be a very good incorporation of all the anatomy lessons we've had over the course of the semester. It was pretty helpful to think about what is going on underneath the skin. And it helped me find lots of things that were wrong with my drawing proportionally. haha
Well, it's been a great class and I feel like I have improved quite a bit. :) Three cheers for art!
(I realized you can't see the face very well in the full picture so I added this semi-close up)
Also, while I was supposed to be studying for finals, I colored a sketch I did a while ago of Liesel and Rudy from one of my favorite books of all time: The Book Thief. I highly recommend it! :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)