Hommage de Printemps a Diana

Hommage de Printemps a Diana

Hommage de Printemps a Diana Situated in a museum’s Italianate garden setting, Diana of the Hunt is portrayed with her symbolic majesty against the textured immensity of live oaks. The statue’s restored surfaces present a remarkable profile of patterns, shades,...
Library’s Urn

Library’s Urn

Library’s Urn New York City, NYOn an exceptionally sunny, bustling, spring morning on Fifth Ave., the bright reflected light and unusual cast shadow on the Public Library’s classic urn were the inspirations for this seminar sketch demo.The shadow contours...
Bird’s Little Acre

Bird’s Little Acre

Bird’s Little Acre Riverside Pond, Jacksonville, FLA Jacksonville haven for winged creatures was alive with the squawking, fluttering, and flapping of many birds and waterfowl. The sandbar, the gnarled tree roots, the small fountain, the reflected water, the...
Blue Cat on Orange & Green Field

Blue Cat on Orange & Green Field

Blue Cat on Orange & Green Field A contour drawing of our cat’s curled gesture became the basis for playing with & exploring contrasting color fields. The cat’s fur suggested the background of curvilinear, layered textures and implied movement....
Bootsie

Bootsie

Bootsie Bootsie’s repose was captured in expressive tonal marks with sepia chalk, one of an artist’s oldest and simplest mediums.An homage to the iconic works of Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Durer, Rembrandt, and how a similar compacted piece of brown earth allowed...
Frank M. Costantino