Portrait drawing of A - here's the second piece I'm working on at the Weymouth Studio. Have begun to draw this on a piece of linen, and will start to paint as soon as the focus returns.
I can't believe how blessed we've been with models these past several months. Both might have life changes that drag them away from us prematurely, but best not to dwell on that.
Today we took a group trip up to the Ackland, where they've finally rehung their Bouguereau, Venus with Doves. Nothing compares to standing in front of the real painting; a reproduction always lacks that electricity, that magical interaction. You never get that mad taste of infatuation from a book, a reproduction.
Stopped by the Soane Art Library and had my arms full of books, but abandoned them at the last minute. The waters are pooling at my feet and it's time to dip back into devoted work: nature studies, a few small color sketches to explore compositional ideas for that figure at Weymouth, the Del Sarto copy, anatomy.
"That night I was enraptured by the stars. How quiet it was! How much nature accomplishes in this majestic silence! What a racket we make, who are doomed to cease and leave no trace behind!" (from The Journal of Delacroix)
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