An académie is an observational figure study drawn from a live model over many days such as that of French artist Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, who used drawings as the foundation for his work.
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Académie drawing
Methods and Materials
Portraits
“I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.”
Lucian Freud (1922 – 2011)
Trying to capture the inner world of a person in a drawing. Is this even possible?
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Figures
These drawings are from life, and are created over days. They are coloured pencil and white charcoal on a toned Stonehenge paper, and they are mostly 29cm x 38cm or 11″ x 15″, although some are smaller. Read more