This is day 3 of the 30SAL creative challenge! To learn more about this 30 day challenge, click here.
Today, study and sketch the geometry of this tondo (circular) composition by Masaccio. Don’t worry about illustrating the figures and details, just focus on the relationships of the big shapes. Media is artist’s choice. Can be pencil, paint, construction paper, lasagna on a plate, or anything else you feel inspired to try.
Share your drawing on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #masaccio
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[image_with_animation image_url=”9505″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] This is the fifth part of a multi day series, sharing work by my beginning figure drawing classes. Many of these students have never taken a drawing class before, nearly all of them are new to figure drawing. Rather than learning one style, we study a different approach every …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7901″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I learned from the fabulous Suzanne Walker that this narrative painting “The Story of Joseph” by Biagio d’Antonio uses space as a representative for chronological time. The painting illustrates a story that follows a sequence clockwise around an ellipse, starting at the upper left. The scenes that happened farther back in …
Day 3: Masaccio Study #30SAL
This is day 3 of the 30SAL creative challenge! To learn more about this 30 day challenge, click here.
Today, study and sketch the geometry of this tondo (circular) composition by Masaccio. Don’t worry about illustrating the figures and details, just focus on the relationships of the big shapes. Media is artist’s choice. Can be pencil, paint, construction paper, lasagna on a plate, or anything else you feel inspired to try.
Share your drawing on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #masaccio
Or post to today’s Padlet page.
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