Laura Sketchbook Post #2
To portray Stradivari, I wanted to emphasize the three characteristics that I came up with in that exercise we did. They were: dedicated, genius, and craftsman. For the dedicated part I’ll draw ‘ol Antonio with very weary eyes, tired form late nights straining by lantern light finishing up work. The genius part comes in with Stradivarius holding up one of his finished violins (which are genius, no doubt). Lastly, to portray the craftsman part, he’ll be wearing a dirty apron and have rough, workman’s hands.
This drawing will be charcoal on a rough paper. In addition to that, I want to incorporate some plans of the instruments with their measurements etc. drawn on tissue paper and overlaid on parts of the drawing.
The sketches I had of his face etc. didn’t make the trip back home from McNeal. Now that it’s late, and I lack a car, retrieving them wouldn’t be the easiest thing to do. Meh…
Comments
I think the blueprints are a really interesting idea to explore. I would consider them more as a background as opposed to collaged (or on the same level as the other elements of your drawing), as the underlying foundation of the figure.
Posted by: Heba | February 6, 2008 05:53 PM