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Monday 16 July 2012
After Fuseli
Bill Boethius
16 July 2012 ·
After Fuseli [Graphite pencils on watercolour paper]. Freehand copy of Fuseli's self portrait. At first I was drawn in by Fuseli's use of light and shade, but as I explored mre I saw that his use of line here is just as important.
Sunday 15 July 2012
Friday 13 July 2012
After Gerald Brom.
Bill Boethius
13 July 2012 ·
After Gerald Brom. [Hard graphite pencils - 9H to F - on smooth paper]. Freehand drawing from Brom's 'Bluff' painting (can be seen in his collection 'Darkwerks'). Here I was inspired by reading about silverpoint techniques, and how using the hardest pencils on a smooth surface could approximate that. They create a kind of bas relief effect. The technique takes a long time, building up almost invisible marks from the start until their preponderance creates that sensuous surface.
Thursday 12 July 2012
The Piper
Bill Boethius
3 July 2012 ·
The Piper. After a figure in Durer's woodcut 'The Men's Bath House', 1498. [Graphite pencil, some added colour pencil, on watercolour paper]
After Poussin
Bill Boethius
12 July 2012 ·
After Poussin [Graphite pencil on watercolour paper]. After Poussin's self portrait. What drew me to make this freehand copy was the complete contrast between the man and his work. Seeing his work long before seeing him, I imagined Poussin to be a somewhat refined, delicate, bookish man. I couldn't have been more wrong, as he was clearly a magnificently macho beast, with a Brandoesque scowl.
Monday 9 July 2012
Saturday 7 July 2012
Thursday 5 July 2012
The Genius of Melancholy
Bill Boethius
5 July 2012 ·
The Genius of Melancholy [Graphite pencil, coloured pencils] After Durer's Melencolia I, engraving 1514
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Sunday 1 July 2012
Drink of Me.
Bill Boethius
1 July 2012 ·
Drink of Me. After Durer's woodcut of the Last Supper, 1510.[Pencil on watercolour paper]
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