Our homework is to copy Jacques Louis David's "Patroclus". I began yesterday and will do some more work on it today.Here also are the original and a piece showing the underlying musculature of the figure!
Trying to copy this painting reminds me of a quotation I once read:
"The music teacher came twice each week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin." -George Ade.



The next step is to glaze this painting to give it warmth.






A monochrome underpainting at bottom.