I’m always fascinated by the countless variations of the human face.
Russian faces: Siberian girl
Art
Robert Mueller — The Look
Robert Mueller is the Special Prosecutor in charge of investigating the Russian interference in the 2016 election. He’s pursuing Flint, Manafort, probably going after Trump and others close to Trump. I ran across the photo I used for this graphite drawing and was intrigued by Mueller’s expression. I would not want to be on the other end of that gaze. It’s analytical, piercing, no hatred but if he figures out you’ve violated the law and he can meet the relevant standards of proof, you are dead meat.
Several portraits
St Agnes at the Track – Piazza Navona, with pen and ink drawings of Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
Chiesa Sant’Agnese is a small domed church designed by Boromini, a contemporary of Bernini and a rival who never made it to his competitor’s stature. In my book he had nothing to be ashamed of, he just had a competitor that was outstanding and well connected. The work he was assigned was smaller in scale but he did a magnificent job of making the interiors zoom in space.
Chiesa Sant’Agnese is often termed “St. Agnes in Agony’ but this gives an incorrect translation of ‘Agone.” Agone means ‘games’ and also refers to the stadium built by Diocletian starting in 80 AD, with a circle track. So perhaps we should say “St Agnes at the Track,” as irreverent as that may seem.
The church sits on what we now call Piazza Navona, originally called “Circus Agonalis” (circus is a circle, just like Circo Massimo, Circus Maximus). Apparently the name Agonoalis morphed into Navona. Aside from the track shape of the plaza and the buildings facing it, the main feature of the plaza is Bernini’s Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers).
Seated boxer and other drawings from Rome
Doing Time: Hillary Made Me Do It
Some classical style drawing, da Roma
July 7, 2017
When in Rome, draw as the Romans draw. There’s so much to emulate! Here are some statues and models I have drawn these past two weeks
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Woman Reclines
Woman Reclines
Woman Reclines == the woman is my Panamanian friend Vicky
Da Roma, Con Amore
We are back in the Eternal City. Eternal traffic jams, streams of friendly people and an endless supply of art. Check back here for lots of photos and updates!
gary
Woman in Hijab Arch
Woman in Hijab Arch
Many of the arches of Islamic architecture echo the shape of the upper body of the human form. Here I have placed a face on that arch with this sketch in acrylics. There is an example of an arch below the painting.
