Day & the DawnStar

While we're on the subject of Draper's figure studies, here's a classic sketch for his painting Day & the Dawnstar. I've posted that painting and its oil study before, but I'm including the oil study again, for comparison.

The Draper Method

Herbert Draper is a favorite artist of many. His figure studies are appreciated nearly as much as his full-blown paintings. Here are a few for those of you who are fans of the Draper method.

Study for The Evening Hours

Study for The Vintage Morn

Study for Chariot of the Dawn

Study for Literature

Study for Science

Figure study

Study for an Elf

Study for Tristam and Yseult

Study for A Vintage Morn

Study for The Mountain Mists

Nature Spirits

Some artists have the gifted insight to see nature spirits wherever they look. Especially artists of the Victorian era. This painting, The Maidens of the Mist, is by Fabio Cipolla, an Italian painter, contemporary of Herbert Draper.