Avila

Tamara de Lempicka’s “Sainte Thérèse d’Avila” reimagines Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculpture. With pencil and black ink I pushed her art deco style toward my version of realism. It came together easily giving me a deep appreciation for her framework in realism supporting her style.

Drawing of Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Disappointed with the photo reproduction of my drawing of “Modesty”, I was eager to try again on this project. But this time I would work from a painting of a statue! Experimenting with ink markers, charcoal, carbon and graphite pencils I was determined to enhance the contrast of this drawing. Hashing and even dotting with ink further enhanced degrees of shading values.