Pretending to be Raphael.
It may be blasphemy, but the paintings from Raphael (1483 - 1520) don’t really hit that chord with me. However, I’m blown away by his drawings and studies. This dude could draw!
Recently, I bought a book “Raphael The Drawings” (2017) that I highly recommended for everyone interested in drawing (or art in general). Every now and then I pick it up to admire his craftsmanship. And sometimes I grab my sketchbook with it and study his studies. It’s great learning material.
Of course, I am nowhere near his artistic skills nor do I necessarily want to be (well, the latter is a lie), and I don’t use the same materials he did (I’m just “sketchbooking” here with my trusted fountain pen), but it is fascinating to discover how he solved certain problems while drawing the figure.
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