science is the art of life

Lately I have been creating more work in a decidedly scientific fashion. I always loved the drawings of the "Old Masters" with an espcial appreciation for anatomy. But straight up scientific rendering can get boring. So I figured it was time to start the (almost) scientific art I wanted to see. I am doing this not so much for learning or teaching, but because its (hopefully) accurate with a (hopfully) nice design. And since I love chiaroscuro, I incorporated that too.

Pencil on Drawing Paper



Oil on Panel

I usually like the old school, and yesterday I went to the MET to draw from the statues with graphite on tracing paper. Tracing paper. It's fun stuff and I like the durability of it and Vellum.

Here are the three sketches I did. They are in the Greek section and all are from stone.

A marble statue of, I'm not sure who.

A small statue of PAN.

And a column topper, or some other similar thing. It looks like it belongs on a column but it doesn't seem to hold anything... like a ceiling.