Contrapposto thoughts

Discobolus has to be one of my favourite sculptures. What’s amazing is that the one I know is a Roman copy in stone of an original Greek bronze. To create it in bronze is one thing but to carve it in stone is a huge achievement. At art college I dismissed the great achievements of Hellenistic artists, simply going along with what was generally…

New Pencil drawing

My little finger

How can I convey the beauty of the human form? Sometimes I hold up my hand close to my eye so that I can see it out of focus and stillhouetted , and look at my little finger. A finger is a beautiful thing. I’m using mine as an example that stands for all the rest. I’m not looking here to describe what the…