Tuesday, September 27, 2011

touches of textiles

Tara decided to emulate a pose from an Egon Schiele piece, where the model was wearing boots and was partially wrapped in fabric. This is one version of the model in that pose, although not the exact piece that was in the Schiele book:



And here is Tara recreating the pose:

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And here is my interpretation of it:

I like that Tara took on this pose and incorporated some textiles to add to the "drama" of the scene.


Saturday, September 17, 2011

Back to Basics

Focusing in on a model's back, paying attention to muscles, bone, volume, light, shadow...

Acrylic on canvas, 16x20