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I drew these horses while studying at the Aristide

I drew these horses while studying at the Aristides Atelier (@aristidesatelierofficial) in Seattle, USA at the Gage Academy of Art (@gageacademy). There they even had a real skeleton of a horse. I thought that was cool.
Well, one of the reasons I picked this challenging cast drawing setup was so I would learn to draw horses better. A copy of Houdon’s ecorché was a demanding challenge. Afterward, did I end up drawing better those magnificent creatures? I don’t know...I need more practice.
What do you think? Are horses easy to draw?

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I like working from photographs as well as live mo

I like working from photographs as well as live models. I'm not dogmatic about it. Photos are easier and more available (yes, how could I get Jeremy Irons to pose for me). Sure, they’re flatter than a live model, but omitting certain three-dimensional aspects lets you concentrate on the fundamentals, e.g. proportion, value, etc. And what do the masters always stress? Keep training the fundamentals.
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“Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the mod

“Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the model at first?” asked the famous American art teacher, Robert Henri. Well, this is something to remind yourself when you draw or paint. It is easy to get caught in the act of art making—you know the feeling, like when you are trying to steer a wild bronco, forgetting what you intended to achieve. It is a master's advice to take a rest now and then, sit back, take a deep breath, and remind yourself of what initially attracted you to start making the piece. Does it show? Can you still see it?
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Classical art has several differing ways of tackli

Classical art has several differing ways of tackling a task at hand, and maybe this procedural nature and leaning on certain tried and tested methods is one deviation that makes Classical Art different from Modern Art, the latter which focuses more on experimentation.
Here are some process shots for a painting done in an indirect painting method. A drawing followed by an imprimatura (underpainting) followed by laying color on top. The old wisdom was that creating the painting in steps helped (still does) to make sure that the final painting would turn out as wanted, saving valuable resources (like paint, time etc.).
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I like this quote by Leonardo da Vinci: “Nature

I like this quote by Leonardo da Vinci: “Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.”
Certainly one aspect we could attach to the idea of Classical Art is the respect toward nature. Harkening back to Plato and the ancient Greeks with the idea of mimesis–that the physical world was the model for beauty and the primary purpose was to mimic, or rather, try to emulate nature (the feat being noble, but utterly impossible due to sheer awesomeness of Mother Nature...or something like that).
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What is Classical Art? How would you define it? Is

What is Classical Art?
How would you define it?
Is it academic?
Is it old?
What do you think?
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