Who needs models when you can draw from sculptures like these?? We had another rainy day, and my friend Marie and I met at the Louvre to sketch in the sculpture galleries. What a humbling experience! Drawing is, for me, a discipline that requires constant attention. I crumpled up several very expensive pieces of paper (frustration!), and resolved to devote more time to my drawing skills (hope!).
I stayed at the Louvre all day. Sketching got harder as the day wore on, partly because I was growing tired, and partly because the museum was growing crowded. It was like trying to concentrate in the middle of Grand Central Station, with lots of curious on-lookers. Still, I ended up with one or two interesting things that will make the trip home. I particularly liked this sketch of the funerary lion (above), which is from classical Athens, and dates from 350 BC.
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