Entry #3

Hey guys! Guess what? I messed up. I totally skipped blogging and painting two days in a row. Well I did paint but whatever I created was uninspired and turned out not so good (obviously). Since I did not have any artworks, I decided not to blog. Today was going to the SAME uninspiring day. However, I got myself up and decided to do some human studies.

Random Human Body Parts.

So this is all the sketching that I did today. I am pretty happy with how most of it turned out. I am absolutely in denial of how out of place that weird shading on the foot looks (haha denied it and accepted it like a pro). But apart from that, the studies look pretty solid. The way I made these is that first I sketched them out with a pencil and then I painted over it with this rustic brown watercolor.

All the sketches are references from this book called the Drawing Course by Charles Bargue. It is an absolutely stunningggg book. It breaks down the whole process of drawing a figure into small, simple and easy steps. It was recommended by Cesar Santos in one of his YouTube videos.

If you do not know Cesar Santos then you should be ashamed of yourself. This man has been such an inspiration to me. Primarily because he is one of the few artists on YouTube who talks about the artworks of Old Masters. He studied at the Angel Academy of Arts has developed his own style called Syncretism. In his works, Cesar Santos takes inspiration from acclaimed and widely recognized paintings. He takes those classical pieces and puts them in highly abstract situations/ backgrounds. That is the style of art that I personally really love. He is definitely one of the best artists in today's time, no doubt about that.

Coming back to me, apart from that weird foot (lol jokes on me), I had an exciting day. I started exercising again. Today has given me the hope that the upcoming days are going to be fun and exciting.

Thank you for reading!