Saturday, April 9, 2011

Contour Drawing



This is Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947).


This is Pierre Bonnard on my paper after a session of contour drawing.
Ol' Pierre never looked better...

well, okay maybe the cross eyed look is kinda wonky...

I think I need a little more practice at this...

7 comments:

Martha Lever said...

That's very good!

Lotus said...

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I'm liking these Carol! Very cool! Where did you get this image? '
Lotus

Anonymous said...

Looks so much like the photo. DH_wnc

Anonymous said...

Looks so much like the photo. DH_wnc

Anonymous said...

Same photo and detailed lesson on contour drawing in The Natural Way to Paint, Charles Reid, which you can read in detail on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Way-Paint-Watercolor-Beautifully/dp/082303173X#reader_082303173X

Carol Sloan said...

Yes, this is where I saw the lesson! I bought the book at my local library's used book sdale for about a dollar...I forgot to post the link, thank you!

Bebopmonkey said...

Hi Carol-
I love this drawing! Could i have your permission to use it for a website i'm building for my band?

Thanks!

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