BERNARD Van LIEROP

Drawing is important to me for developing skills, knowledge and problem-solving.

I often draw copies of earlier artists' work to enrich my imagination. Copying helps me to analyse structure and see things I do not notice on more casual inspection.

Drawing objects from life also trains the eye and hand, often contributing to later creative ideas in unexpected ways.

Every few years I brush up on my knowledge of human anatomy by copying from a variety of textbooks, supplemented by drawing from Muybridge's book, "The Human Figure in Motion" (Dover).

Sometimes, one's earlier drawings can be used for works in other media. Even though my sketches of Ferdinand in "The Tempest" and of Pinter's "The Room" have lain almost forgotten in a sketchbook for many years, I do hope to develop them both into more fully realised works, one day.

Drawing from the imagination is also needed for problem-solving. I needed several sketches before I worked out how to represent (as part of a linoprint) the force-feeding of the Welsh Suffragette sculptor Edith Downing.

The Room - Harold Pinter

Study for Ferdinand - The Tempest

Skull - from 'life'

Tree - Pencil Study

Pears

Homer - From an ancient 'portrait'

Flame Bower Bird - Nat Museum

Edith Downing

Drawing1 - from Muybridge

Drawing2 - from Muybridge

Copy of Rubens

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