Study for the Virtue Series 1 Drawing

Study for the Virtue Series 1 is the first drawing of a project that seeks to achieve several goals. The first goal is to draw the human figure following inspiration from the Baroque period, where the human body expresses a physical, emotional, and sometimes spiritual intensity within snapshots of dramatic, violent or ecstatic events. The body therefore offers the viewer an instant way to relate to the event through strong emotions such as empathy, fear, horror, disgust, tenderness, awe. The use of bright colour and added depiction of textiles also contribute to the dynamism of the period, however, this project vision calls for finding a contemporary way to present the elements. A second goal is to follow inspiration from anatomical drawings from the Renaissance masters which I admire for being extraordinary sources for understanding the interaction of muscles in the presentation of a whole body expression. Finally, through the models described above, I am attempting to focus that physical tension as an expression of strength and virtue in a way that can become aspirational. The Virtue Series is then an attempt to find physical expressions that denote, kindness, charity, loyalty, perseverance, courage, trustworthiness, etc. The series was originally conceived as drawings of pairs of people engaged in moments that capture the exercise or pursuit of virtue. The studies are preparations for the series. The drawing is on a firm, white, Canson paper for watercolour with a slight texture, chosen because of the use of gouache as the means for applying colour in this particular study.

Drawing:Charcoal on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:18 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in

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