Nude of the Week – Rapsody, Final Work

Rapsody Oils on canvas and 12″ vinyl record My piece for Medium:Vinyl at Hardware Gallery in Sydney is finally completed and shipped off ready for the exhibition in May. this was a piece that I had very strongly in my mind. sometimes, however, that isn’t enough. it took days of posing, lighting and rendering to get this piece right. sometimes, it’s really hard to realize the concept that is stuck in your mind. once I got to the painting stage, however, it was a breeze. sometimes taking the extra planning time really makes the final piece flow perfectly.

Nude of the Week – Rhapsody render 1

Rhapsody render 1 Daz Studio Render this was my first attempt at trying to realize my sketch. it took hours of posing, lighting and rendering and postwork in Photoshop and I just wasn’t inspired. the pose wasn’t right, she wasn’t seated in the circle, she looked like she was floating, and I just couldn’t get the look on the record to work. so I took it back to square one again and tried a different pose.

Nude of the Week

Sketchbook Library – Floor pose Render Daz Studio Still not quite satisfied with the lighting in this piece. the pose is perfect and the hair works perfectly but the lighting just still seems not right to me.

Nude of the Week – Flaunt

Drop by and take a look at it and the other outstanding nudes of the month . (your vote wouldn’t hurt either ;))thankyou to the Curator Beth DeTal of Rogue Space|Chelsea and to Barebrush. oh and Flaunt is available for sale on DIscovered Artists /blatant plug

Understanding the Nude in Art

To understand the significance of nudity in art, we need to travel back in time when sculptures were the most prominent art form. Sculptures were created to depict various important aspects of social life, especially religion and government. These sculptures formed an integral part of society and adorned temples, court houses, palaces, gardens and other…