Napoleon III

I went to see the Carpeaux exhibit at the Met museum the other day and I have to admit, it is one of the best I've seen at the Met in a while. They have a lot of terra cotta studies, ink sketches, charcoal sketches and of course marble sculptures. One of my favorite sculptures was a bust of Napoleon III sculpted in 1873, while both Carpeaux and Napoleon III were exiled in England. The curators did a great job of organizing his works from early to late work, as well as adding a better understanding of Carpeaux's personal history. There are a few copies and preliminary sculptures of the famous "Genius of the dance" from Carpeaux's sculptural group for the facade of the Garnier Opera in Paris. The exhibition also highlights Carpeaux's work for Napoleon III and his family.
I did a few drawings that day, but I wanted to post this drawing of the Napoleon III bust. Perhaps I'll post some of the other sketches I did in a different post.


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Sketchbook in Brooklyn

My sketchbook in someone's hands at the Brooklyn Art Library. I caught a glimpse of someone flipping through it and asked if I could take a picture. They seemed to enjoy the book, it was nice to be there to see it. The library had an opening ceremony kind of deal. All the books for the new round of tours were being shown exclusively. So it wasn't completely random.


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Temple of Dendur at the Met

A 15th century BC Egyptian temple complex which is in the Sackler wing of the Met. This is only one of the two buildings that make up the temple complex.


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Trieste

A small painting of the coast of Trieste, Italy.


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Painting sheep

A small watercolor painting I did from a photo I took in northern Italy.


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The Sketchbook Project

I forgot to mention that I am taking part in the Brooklyn Art Library's Sketchbook Project. I mailed my sketchbook out today. It will be on a tour in California, but then it will come back and be a permanent collection of the Library. I tried not to think too much about what I was drawing. Meaning I didn't want to work under a theme. So the drawings are of places I visited while I had the book as well as anatomical studies and architectural studies, plus some random stuff. I did do some calligraphy, which I haven't included in my work for some time.
 I'm happy with the results, the book has a lot of good images, I used ink , markers and gouache. I'm excited to find out how may people take a look at it.

If you want to find it whether you're in California or in NY, it's under my name: RG Peredo

Here is a page from the book, it's a drawing of Benvenuto Cellini.

                                                                   

Sala Rossa, Siena

I started scanning some of my sketchbooks from my time abroad. I found that I didn't post many of the drawings and paintings I made while I was away. I've been busy with other projects so I haven't been painting or drawing as much as usual, so to compensate I'll be posting some of my drawings I scanned.

This is Sala Rossa, which was a church, but is now part of the University of Siena. I would visit this place often, to sit and read. Looking at this drawing makes me miss Siena. I remember when I did it and how happy I was when I was doing it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.

-R