Daumier was a French 19th C. caricaturist, cartoonist, sculptor, and painter. His drawing is wonderfully loose and full of life. I highly suggest studying from this wonderful artist. Enjoy.
INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST #2: HEINRICH KLEY
image source: 'The Drawings of Heinrich Kley', Dover PublicationsHeinrich Kley was a political cartoonist in early 20th C. Germany. His drawings are whimsical, and loosely drawn, yet his figure are very well constructed with solid anatomy. When I worked in animation, everyone I knew studied from Kley's drawings. Try copying some - you'll learn a lot. Have fun.
If you'd like to purchase the book 'The Drawings of Heinrich Kley', you can order it online through Dover Books.
INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST #3: GIOVANNI BOLDINI
19th century painter Giovanni Boldini was originally from Ferrara (b. 1842) but received his training at the Accademia delle Belli Arti in Florence (1862- ), his main teacher being Stefano Ussi. He had a very successful career as a portrait painter and died in Paris in 1932. His paintings, while being very sophisticated, at the same time have an incredible energy and looseness to them...it is clear he had no hesitation or fear as he put down his strokes...a fencer with a paintbrush comes to my mind. You can see in this photo of him how he attacked his canvas with glee. If you have a chance, there is a museum dedicated to his works in his hometown of Ferrara.
INSPIRATIONAL SKETCHING QUOTE #1
"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character." -Camille Pissarro
INSPIRATIONAL SKETCHING QUOTE #2
Here's a good one particularly when you're feeling frustrated with your drawing efforts (which we all do I would say pretty regularly)...
“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing” -Vincent Van Gogh
INSPIRATIONAL SKETCHING QUOTE #3
"A sketch is generally more spirited than a picture [finished work]...it is the artist's work when he is full of inspiration and ardour, when reflection has toned down nothing; it is the artist's soul expressing itself freely." -Denis Diderot
INSPIRATIONAL SKETCHING QUOTE #4
'Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire' -unknown
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