After years of drawing I've come to the conclusion that I'm average for an artist and would love to up my abilities so I have purchased this book as a guide, it's actually a beautiful book in it's own right.
I know many artists in the past have used this method to (re) learn their skills and Van Gogh and Picasso practiced using the plates all their life.
Has anyone else tried this method and what are their thoughts on the method, materials and how many plates they got through.
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so it was just few plates. Pretty sure it will make all the good for one to go thru all of them if one got time.
I think if you actually completed all three parts you'd be able to draw a masterpiece blindfolded
https://ia801200.us.archive.org/14/items/C.BargueDrawingCourse/C. Bargue - Drawing Course.pdf
I would be disappointed if I had to do so for such a costly book,
What are your thoughts on that ?
You obviously can simply work on a smaller scale with pencil and just copy directly from the book or a 1:1 A4 if that is what you want to achieve.
You may find this link helpful, it's a comprehensive walkthrough of one Bargue plate and what is involved in the process,
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3aPoNPQSJnSJVw2_GUVR7jC0nbnksq6F
I found this one interesting
http://www.painters-online.co.uk/forum/Topic77709.aspx
But the one you sent me will be even more useful with the videos
Im expecting the book any day now.
Heres a link to reportedly high quality copies of the drawings to work from.
Im not sure what size you are meant to blow them up to (maybe A3) I guess the book will say.
https://get.google.com/albumarchive/104620822473004383244/album/AF1QipNPt9r0Hvk0zLYGfndEt_B57MXUT2YxyPZtYFdV?feat=directlink
That's excellent thanks!
They seem to be 8mp and a good resolution so they should work well.
It does mention it in the book that the more detailed plates should be enlarged to 24x18 inches which is just over A2 but I don't think it's necessary for all of them like the initial simple line plates of facial features for example.
I guess it depends on the scale you want to learn to which ultimately depends on the scale of paintings your eventually want to produce but I think it should be a goal to at least learn to accurately draw on a 1:1 ratio so if you want to draw a head you can draw it to real life scale (or larger)
Watch this amazing charcoal drawing by Cesar Santos who learned by Bargue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1aOFZtqIh8
Thanks for the info and that video was great, his work is fantastic.