Teach Yourself Visually Drawing

Draw a Plaster Cast chapter 10

In these plaster cast block ins, you can see how the artist has built the forms of the sculptures through their essential large
shapes and planes. The gestures are carefully observed by comparing the various angles and thrusts of the various compo-
nents. Without any detail, you have a strong sense that these objects have a “correctness” about them. Without the accuracy
at this initial stage, all of the detail in the world wouldn’t help to infuse these studies with the sense of realism that arises
from this foundation.

Cast drawing of the hand of Michelangelo’s David,

by Annie Rosen, courtesy of the artist and

Aristides Classical Atelier

Cast drawing after a Greek sculpture of Venus,

by Annie Rosen, courtesy of the artist

and Aristides Classical Atelier

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