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A line drawing is the most direct means of expression. This type of drawing without shading or lightness, is usually the first to be attempted by an artist.It may be somewhat limited in effect, yet it conveys dimension, movement, structure and mood; it can also suggest texture to some extent.
Profile of the Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Another head. A Commons quality image, aesthetically pleasing (in my opinion), technically sound (beak may be a bit blown) clearly depicts the head of the animal which is particularly useful in the article as the details of the head and beak are not that clear in any of the full body images.
The drawing is related to the painting W37 : The Raising of the Cross: 1628-1629: Black chalk, heightened with white, framing lines in pencil and with the pen and brown ink: 19.3 x 14.8 cm: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam: The drawing is related to the painting W106 : Two Sitting Figures: c. 1628-1629: Black chalk: 19.3 x 14.8 cm
List of drawings by Vincent van Gogh is an incomplete collection of drawings by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) that form an important part of his complete body of work. The listing is ordered by year and then by catalogue number .
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It has been proposed that Leonardo's Chatsworth sketch for Leda and the Swan (pictured) may have been inspired by the Laocoön Group, the ancient sculpture discovered in 1506: there is a similar twist to the subject's body; the curve of the swan's neck recalls the snake's lithe body in Laocoön's hand; the rape by Zeus evokes the forceful ...
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Curt Swan was born in Minneapolis [3] on February 17, 1920, [4] the youngest of five children. Swan's Swedish grandmother had shortened and Americanized the original family name of Svensson. [citation needed] Father John Swan worked for the railroads; mother Leontine Jessie Hanson [5] had worked in a local hospital. [6]