Last I was there I could not find the statue, but in 1998 they had this and a few other similar statues outside the entrance of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Maybe the horse ran away? Unlikely as it was covered in bronze....
Painting statues always creates the compositional problem of symmetry...basically a drawing that is too symmetrical will not look very good. To help break the symmetry I chose an angle where the horses head was clearly pointing to the side, and the curve of the spine created an interesting S curve. In addition, I emphasized the larger tree on the right, and made the tree on the left much smaller (originally is was about the same size). So to break the symmetry you can use the background as well.
5x7" cold press paper, 1998
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Statue at Musée d'Orsay, France
Last I was there I could not find the statue, but in 1998 they had this and a few other similar statues outside the entrance of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Maybe the horse ran away? Unlikely as it was covered in bronze....
Painting statues always creates the compositional problem of symmetry...basically a drawing that is too symmetrical will not look very good. To help break the symmetry I chose an angle where the horses head was clearly pointing to the side, and the curve of the spine created an interesting S curve. In addition, I emphasized the larger tree on the right, and made the tree on the left much smaller (originally is was about the same size). So to break the symmetry you can use the background as well.
5x7" cold press paper, 1998
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