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Eye Candy for Today: Dante Gabriel Rossetti pencil portrait

Posted onOctober 3, 2023

CategoriesDrawing, Eye Candy for Today, Gallery and Museum Art

Portrait of Mrs. William Morris, née Jane Burden, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, graphite on paper

Portrait of Mrs. William Morris, née Jane Burden, Dante Gabriel Rossetti; graphite on paper, roughly 13 x 11 inches (33 x 29 cm), in the colleciton of the Morgan Library and Museum, which has both a zoomable and downloadable image on their site.

Though nominally the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Dante Gabriel Rossetti has always been my least favorite painter of the core group.

However, I love this drawing. I love the simplicity, the graphic appeal, the almost Asian feel of the composition and the intensity of the sitter’s gaze.

Link: Portrait of Mrs. William Morris, née Jane Burden, Morgan Library
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Eye Candy for Today: Giuseppe Zocchi ink drawing

Posted onSeptember 16, 2023

CategoriesDrawing, Eye Candy for Today, Gallery and Museum Art, Pen & Ink

Giuseppe Zocchi ink drawing
Giuseppe Zocchi ink drawing (details)

Villa Mancini in the Vicinity of Signa, Giuseppe Zocchi; pen and black in on paper; roughly 11 x 19 inches (28 x 47 cm). In the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, which has both zoomable and downloadable versions of the image.

Giuseppe Zocch was an 18th century Italian painter and printmaker active in Florence.

I love the way Zocchi has used different tones of ink in this drawing to create atmospheric perspective and suggest at least four planes of distance.

Link: Villa Mancini in the Vicinity of Signa, Morgan Library and Museum

Eye Candy for Today: Raphael figure studies

Posted onAugust 28, 2023

CategoriesDrawing, Eye Candy for Today, Gallery and Museum Art, Pastel, Conté & Chalk

Raphael figure studies

Nude Studies, Raphael, red chalk and metalpoint, roughy 16 x 11 in. (40 x 28 cm); link is to zoomable images on Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons. original is in the Albertina, Vienna.

Raphael is considered to be one of the greatest draftsmen in history, and this relatively well known drawing of figure studies certainly a case in point.

Note the variation in value of the hatching and the beautifully defined musculature of the back, all with sure handed and seemingly casual lines.

Link: Nude Studies, Google Art Project

Arantza Sestayo

Posted onFebruary 16, 2023

CategoriesComics, Digital Painting, Drawing, Illustration, Sc-fi and Fantasy

Arantza Sestayo

Arantza Sestayo is a Spanish painter and illustrator who works promarily in the genres of fantasy and imaginative realism.

Her highly refined paintings and drawngs show the influence of Victorian painting, Art Nouveau and the Pre-Raphaelites. (Her image above, bottom, may be a nod to J. W. Waterhouse’s depiction of jealous Circe.)

Sestayo applies her skills across several mediums. If you scroll down on the home page of her website, you will find categories that translate as “Oils, Watercolor, Pencil, Comic, Sketches and Digital”. There is also a section featuring her book cover illustrations.

A number of her pieces are illustrations for a deluxe limited edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland from Easton Press.

You can find several videos of her process on YouTube.

Link: www.arantzasestayo.com
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres pencil portrait of Mme Lethiere

Posted onFebruary 3, 20236 Comments

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Madame Guillaume Guillon Lethiere, née Marie-Joseph-Honoree Vanzenne, and her son Lucien Lethiere, pencil portrait drawing by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Madame Guillaume Guillon Lethière, née Marie-Joseph-Honorée Vanzenne, and her son Lucien Lethière, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres; graphite on paper; roughly 9 x 7″ (24 x 19 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

I’m a great admirer of Ingres’ sensitive pencil portrait drawings. This one is a bit unusual, more finished than most, and featuring a background of Roman architecture.

Link: Madame Guillaume Guillon Lethière, Met Museum
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Eye Candy for Today: Bernardo Bellotto pen and wash drawing

Posted onMay 30, 20221 Comment

CategoriesDrawing, Gallery and Museum Art, Pen & Ink

Imaginary View of Padua, Bernardo Bellotto, pen, black ink and gray wash drawing

Imaginary View of Padua, Bernardo Bellotto; pen, black ink and gray wash drawing; roughly 13 x 17 inches (32 x 43 cm). Original is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

18th century Italian artist Bernardo Bellotto had a very effective pen and wash technique for rendering architectural subjects that is similar to the wonderful drawings of his uncle and mentor, Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto.

Imaginary View of Padua, Met Museum

Link: Imaginary View of Padua, Met Museum