How to make a Matisse nude drawing
Among the nude drawings by Matisse that can be found through image search, I have found images with a high degree of perfection. It turns out they were made to illustrate a collection of Mallarmé poems. Let's create an arc circle model. Matisse [Odalisque] 1934 Matisse [Odalisque] arc-circle model It has the perfection like archaic idol sculpture. Matisse [Le Sonneur, plate eight from Poesies de Mallarme arc-circle model Matisse [Le Pitre Châtié, plate four from Poesies de Mallarmé] If one dares to look at it casually, it is a female body that cannot be described as beautiful. If you look at it as a body, its outline is cut off. Viewed as lines, it gives a sense of harmony and balance. It's a quality that you'll understand once you get to the level where you can appreciate Cezanne's unpopular bathing paintings.