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Life Drawing 14th to 19th October

19/10/2020

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The Long Pose Sunday 18th October

The theme this month was 'A Woman Reading'. This session's theme was proposed by our Life Model Fra and discussed with me following our Thursday night session. I very much appreciate our model's knowledge of art and ideas and how this as an artist influence our practice. 

Painting:
'Fra, Reading At Desk'
Acrylic on Primed Paper
2020
by Penelope Rose Cowley


Thursday Night Life Drawing Group

Icons and Statues

Following on from last week's Male Greek and Roman Statues we looked at a few Female Icons Statues some from Greece, Roman and Middle East. In my search, I found this article which in many ways contrasts or complements last week's article.  Last week our focus was on the whole body and inspired by some of the images I had chosen and those that Andrew knew himself such as The Boxer and the Kouros.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/13/absent-female-genitals-art-repeated

Icons and Statues

1. Clay figurine of the Canaanite goddess. (Who is probably Asherah early female God, known about in Syria, Israel, Egypt... I am personally very interested in the history of Female Gods and Asherah 'Queen of Heaven' was worshiped up to about 1000 BC until monotheism and patriarchy started to form...the history is fascinating)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-yhwh-became-god-1457732366

and for further reading down this rabbit hole - https://www.ancientpages.com/2017/04/12/lost-forgotten-goddess-asherah-queen-consort-sumerian-god-anu-ugaritic-god-el/

2. Three Graces

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Graces_Louvre_Ma287.jpg

3. Artemis (because she rocks!)

https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/goddesses/artemis/

4. Greek Terracotta Figure of Seated Aphrodite
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/greek-terracotta-figure-seated-1871482179

5.Statuette of reclining nude goddess 1st century B.C. 1st century A.D.
https://www.thecityreview.com/worldbetween.html
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/759563

Wednesday Drop-in 14 th October

Introducing our new model Edmund...
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    • MONDAY LIFE DRAWING AT THE WOODLAND RETREAT
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  • ART THEMES FOR CLASSES
    • ANIMALS >
      • Cheetah
      • Cockerel
      • Elephants
      • Foxes
      • Giraffe
      • Green Finch
      • Hares
      • Highland Cow
      • Horses
      • Lion
      • Lovebirds
      • Mice
      • The Night Owl
      • Swan
      • Sea Turtles
      • Robin
    • BOATS >
      • Boats Parrog Pembrokeshire
      • Norfolk Boat
    • BUILDINGS >
      • Bothy Wales
      • Roath Park Lighthouse
      • Tuscany
    • FLOWERS >
      • Arum Lillies
      • Clematis
      • Honey Bee and Crocuses
      • Foxgloves
      • Periwinkle
      • Poppies
    • FIGURATIVE >
      • Courtesan Itsutomi Holding a Plectrum
      • Hands and Feet
    • LANDSCAPES >
      • GOLDEN WELSH LANDSCAPE
      • Green Bench
      • Roath Park Stream and Waterfall
      • Welsh Landscape and Wild Grass
    • PORTRAITS >
      • Portrait of Andrew a Covid Vaccination Centre Volunteer
      • Portrait of Phillipa Irving
    • SEASCAPES >
      • Llantwit Major
      • Surfer
    • TREES >
      • Bluebells Woodland
      • Autumn Leaves
      • Oak Tree
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