Bronze

A few days ago I visited TEFAF, together with my father. Needless to say, we encountered wonderful art. What struck me the most however, were the sculptures exhibited by the Sladmore Gallery. Sladmore Gallery is based in London and specialises in fine art bronze sculptures. There were works by Rodin, Barye, Bugatti, Degas, etc. And then there was the work of Prince Paul Troubetzkoy. I had never heard of this Russian/Italian sculptor before, ...what a shame! His work is fantastic! Elegant and bold at the same time. Look at these pictures:




© unforth (flickr.com)
© DeBeer (flickr.com)

To post something of myself: here a little sketch, drawn inbetween work;(

Glen Keane

Ok, I know this sounds silly, but I've always wanted to see the rough pencil-test of 'Part of your world'. On top is one of the production drawings made by Glen Keane for this scene. It is rumored that while animating the entire scene, he added shadow's to the drawings, to enhance the (sculptural) feel of 3-dimensionality of Ariel. Below are some of his storyboard-sketches for the scene. Oh, if only this scene was to be shown in it's original form..!

Scribble

Moses 2

Doodle

Experiment..;)

New sketches

Update...

It's difficult to post new things..., mainly because I'm to busy with work. Here is a nice close-up of a Frazetta picture. There is some new work of my own to post however, I hope to do it soon.

Work

It's been a while since I posted anything of my own art,...interesting things! Unfortunately I've been very busy with my work. I occasionaly draw or sketch, but not as much as I'd like to. When I browse along all the wonderful art-blogs it makes me yearn to be more creative. The following image shows the work of Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (March 10, 1876 – October 4, 1973), an American sculptor. I only recently discovered her work.

Screencaps...

I've not much to post right now from my own work. Therefore some nice screencaps....enjoy!
(from top to bottom: 'Sleeping Beauty', 'Enchanted', 'Ben Hur', 'Il Postino')

Sketches galore!

Lifedrawing sketches and one of Rihanna...

Frazetta

Some pictures made by Frazetta, . . . he was a giant!

Old man

© A. van de Giessen

Heart final

© A. van de Giessen

Heart

© A. van de Giessen

Night shift

Tonight I unexpectantly had to work a night-shift, after having worked in the evening as well. In spite of the serene atmosphere in my workplace, I think I'm more of a 'day person'. Anyway, I haven't posted for a long time (and haven't drawn that much for that matter). There are a few new pictures I've made however, ready to be posted....so more to come!

another photograph of a pastel...

Pastel requires much practise, but it's a wonderful technique. This one was taken from a photograph of Berend Zweers, a reknowned Pictorialist.

Pastel...

I'm goofing around with pastel crayons,...very challenging but fun as well. These two where photographed with my iMac-camera; I'm a bit worried my scanner will get smudgy. If anyone has advise on how to scan such an image properly, I'd be much enclined. In a scanned image colors are more vibrant.