Sunday, November 4, 2012

Respect the 'stache (Gustave Courbet; the Desperate Man)

Gustave Courbet. The Desperate Man. (See, Eileen, I can spell) 
His self portrait and one of my favorite paintings. 
So close! Dang it! but just the slightest nuances and the whole thing shifts - his nose, as I ever seem to do - is dropped down a touch to far and that dropped his mouth down. Oh well, back to the drawing board. Had a blast drawing him. Charcoal on newsprint.
I am hoping and praying for those affected by Sandy. I hope you are all recovering. Rooting around for something to donate to the dailypaintworks Hurricane Sandy fundraiser

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Challenge/C0EB586C-7142-4c96-A589-DF9DC9BABA1A

God's peace, Karen

4 comments:

  1. Hi Karen,your work is fabulous and looking more polished everytime I see a new piece!!

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  2. I too admire this painting by Gustave and you are the first person I have known who really likes it as much as I do. What a great job you have done...I mean REALLY great job.

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  3. Excellent portrait, incredibly similar to the original !

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