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Copying the Masters (19)

Created on: March 16, 2021
One of the best ways to learn is by copying the masters. While in school, we did this--a lot! Some are from photographs of the images. Some are from standing front of the originals in museums. I still try to do this every once in a while. I always learn something. Here are some examples of the lessons.
  • Conte crayon copy of a print from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
  • Conte crayon copy of a pen-and-ink print from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The original is one of my favorite drawings. It depicts the widow of a samurai warrior and her four daughters in mourning.
  • Charcoal copy of a study of a nude by Camille Corot
  • Conte crayon copy of a statue from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It is one of the Four Seasons, maybe "Spring." It was done a long time ago for an assignment for a drawing class.
  • Conte crayon copy of a statue from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It is one of the Four Seasons, maybe "Winter." It was done a long time ago as an assignment for a drawing class.
  • Conte crayon study of a statue at the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • Conte crayon study of a statue at the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • Soft pastel copied from a CD cover from a Liz Story album entitled, "My Foolish Heart." I learn a lot from copying images.
  • Soft pastel copy of a soft pastel painting by Mary Cassatt entitled "Lydia Leaning on Her Arms, Seated in a Loge" c. 1879
  • Soft pastel copy of a soft pastel painting by Mary Cassatt entitled "Sara in a Green Bonnet" c. 1901
  • Soft pastel copy of a soft pastel painting by Mary Cassatt entitled "Little Girl in a Big Straw Hat and Pinafore" c. 1886
  • Soft pastel copy of an oil painting by John Singer Sargent entitled, "Portrait of Lady Agnew" c. 1892
  • Soft pastel copy of a soft pastel painting by Edgar Degas entitled "Dancers" c. 1899
  • Charcoal copy of a black and white photograph by Ansel Adams entitled, "Tree Shadow on Rock, Yosemite Valley c. 1950"
  • Soft pastel copy of a black and white photograph by Ansel Adams entitled, "Evening Cloud, Ellery Lake, Sierra Nevada, 1934"
  • Soft pastel copy of a black and white photograph by Ansel Adams entitled, "Half Dome, Merced River, Winter, Yosemite Valley, c. 1938"
  • Soft pastel copy of a black and white photograph by Ansel Adams entitled, "Mount Clarence King, Pool, Kings Canyon National Park c. 1925"
  • Soft pastel copy of a black and white photograph by Ansel Adams entitled, "Tenaya Creek, Dogwood, Rain, Yosemite Valley, c.1948"
  • Soft pastel copy of an oil painting by Fredric Church entitled, "Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives" 1870


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