Face to face with Leonardo da Vinci

During the show, National Gallery’s Leonardo da Vinci: Painting at the Court of Milan, Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones looks in detail at some of da Vinci’s drawings.

Click here for the interactive guide.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams: prehistoric drawing in 3d

Here is a review of Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Simon McBurney of the Guardian.

Herzog: What I saw in the cave, a video interview with the filmmaker, Werner Herzog.

Albrecht Dürer’s mother

Portrait of the artist’s mother at the age of 63 by Dürer, 1514

Some expressive drawing

A video made by Ema Sintamarian while an MFA student at SJSU.

Goya self-portrait

Ink wash self-portrait by Francisco de Goya, 1795-1797

John Singer Sargent: a portrait in charcoal

Portrait of Henry James by John Singer Sargent, 1913. _

Two current shows of drawing

Two Bay Area painters that I have shown in class are having shows of works on paper this month.

Ingleside House by Robert Bechtle, 1975, watercolor, Collection Oakland Museum of California

Robert Bechtle Watercolors and Drawings are being shown at Gallery Paule Anglim (14 Geary St, San Francisco) through November 27.
Click here to see images from the exhibition at Gallery Paule Anglim.

Wayne Thiebaud drawing Aleck cartoons, 1943 from nga.gov

Charcoal Still Lifes 1964-1974 by Wayne Thiebaud are being shown at the Paul Thiebaud Gallery in New York through December 18.
Click here to see images of some of the works being shown in New York.

Da Vinci: drapery study

Here is Study of drapery by Leonardo da Vinci, circa late 1400′s.

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For more drapery, see Drapery study for a seated figure by Da Vinci from universalleonardo.org

and Three Drapery Studies for a Man Pointing Forward by Ingres, c. 1824-34.

Edgar Degas and pastel

One of Edgar Degas’ (1834-1917) favorite mediums was pastel.

Frank by Chuck Close

See Minneapolis Institute of Arts.. See video interviews of Close.. Photo by Tim Wilson (Creative Commons license).