Agnolo Bronzino
Here's a nice article on the show at the Met called "The Drawings of Bronzino." I forgot how inspiring these 16th century drawings could be. I particularly like the Bronzino drawing below. Painting was all about finish, the smoothing over of discrepant textures, the hiding of the seams. Drawing...
The Aim of Every Artist
"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life." ~William Faulkner...
Sketchbook Drawings
[caption id="attachment_507" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="This is a copy I did years ago of an Odd Nerdrum painting."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_508" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="These are old drawings I did -- copies of Sargent's paintings."][/caption]...