Ballet Dancers
One of the joys of my visits to the Royal Academy of Arts in London is seeing the prints of Donald Hamilton Fraser's ballet dancers in the Museum Shop. I purchased a "postcard book" with 18 of his postcard size prints of dancers during one of my visits and I tried to capture his sketches in ink with watercolor washes as part of my figure drawing exercises. I love ballet, I love dancers, I love sketches and painting of dancers, and especially his prints which I knew nothing about before visiting the Royal Academy this year.
Comments
They are just so lovely.
Posted by: Silvia | April 2, 2007 11:43 AM
Shirley, I can tell you love these dancers just by how wonderfully accurate you sketch them. They are beautiful!
Posted by: teric | April 2, 2007 1:11 PM
These are absolutely charming, Shirley. I can see why you fell for them. I haven't seen the originals, so yours are original to me.
Posted by: RobynS | April 2, 2007 2:49 PM
These are sooo pretty, shirley. You have a very delicate line quality, which is all your own, and a nice, light touch with color.
Posted by: Casey | April 2, 2007 3:24 PM
THESE ARE TERRIFIC, SHIRLEY!! DELICATE AND TENDER AND BEAUTIFULLY EVOCATIVE!
Posted by: lin | April 2, 2007 3:44 PM
These are lovely! I think your delicate application of the color really makes them so nice.
Posted by: martha | April 3, 2007 2:32 AM
Shirley - your lovely ballet dancers post has inspired me to drop into the portrait gallery - they have ( as far as I remember) black and white photographic portrait postcards - and I might try to work from a few of those and see what happens...
Posted by: jules | April 3, 2007 1:30 PM
I really love the ballet and when I have the opportunity to go to a theatre to see a production, I spend most of my time looking at the line the arms or legs make and forget the story! I would love to be able to paint/draw a ballet dancer mid dance, but it's a problem finding a volunteer to pose!
Posted by: Annabel Rainbow | April 5, 2007 8:02 AM
Hello Shirley,
these are wonderful Sketches! I like the one on her knees the most!
Kind regards from
Claudia
Posted by: Claudia | April 6, 2007 5:03 AM
I love the ballet dancers! Wonderful poses, faces and colors. Brava...!
Posted by: Peter T | April 7, 2007 6:06 PM
This is so inspiring. I wish I had more time to try it. I love the themes you are exploring and the way each book is developing.
Posted by: melissa | April 8, 2007 1:41 PM
I like the ballet dancers they are very well done. The color scheme is fluid and I really like the one on her knees. Your art is very easy on the eyes. You certainly seem to be able to appreciate good art.
Posted by: Jason Rutberg | May 31, 2008 11:31 PM