Drawing Animals – Grabbing the Chance

 Deciding which animal to concentrate on has not been easy, not having easy access t0 any pets.

George Stubbs (1724-1806)

Stubbs paintings of horses are considered to be the most accurate ever painted.  

Research Point – How Renaissance Masters Depicted Animals

“The Renaissance era was a landmark period in human history, the formulative era where Europe became the centre of learning, taking the knowledge gathered by earlier cultures. As with many fields of study, biology and natural science began to gather their own identity , becoming increasingly specialised” – explorable.com

Art and science were inseperable and it was the work of artists and sculptors that brought biology and anatomy to the fore.  Artists began to dissect animals and plants to understand the structure underpinning the workings of the body and create ever more dynamic and realistic works of art.  Da Vinci was the first scholar to make the connection between the structures of humans and animals

Drawing Animals

 This was a tricky section for me.  I had the perfect model until recently, in the shape of Phoebe the family pet cat.  Unfortunately she is no longer with us, as of two years ago so I had to draw inspiration from elsewhere.