For our final Figure Drawing Assignment at SCAD, we had to find a Master Study to create a Linear Analysis, a Skeletal Analysis, a Master Copy, and finally our own study using the Master Study as inspiration.
Below is the Master Study of
Eakins, Thomas The Swimming Hole (1885)
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was – until Pollock – the great American artist. Born in Philadelphia, he had studied Velazquez and Rembrandt in Europe, and pursued Realism with scientific rigour. He learnt from Muybridge's photographs of bodies in motion. A great believer in the living model, he lost his teaching job after allowing mixed life-classes to draw a male nude. His greatness was largely posthumous.
Linear Analysis
Skeletal Analysis
Master Copy
Master Rendition
Materials: Conte Crayon
