Throughout the history of mankind, skulls have inspired artists all around the world. The Mayans, Leonardo Da Vinci, Paul Cezanne, José Guadalupe Posada, and M. C. Escher are just a few of the artists known to have incorporated them into their work. The first time I drew a skull was in preparatory school, during an anatomy course I took. As an artist, I believe drawing skulls, as well as skeletons, is one of the ways to develop a better understanding of human and animal forms. In this post I present a tribute to the skull… and a little skeleton too.
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| Skull Study Art Journal Page Pia's Mix It Monthly - September Eva & Kristin's Paint Party Friday Week 28-Year 3 Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything But Plain Paper |
Inspired by one of Leonardo Da Vinci's skull studies, I drew a skull with micron pens over watercolor and pencil washes. For a little texture, I added a canvas feather quill, which I had decorated by stamping a print and adding color with a spray dye. I believe it also gave my hand lettering a nice finishing touch.
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| La Calavera - The Skull Illustration on Tag Alexandra's Sunday Sketches Artist's In Blogland: Show & Tell Saturday Order of the Opus Gluei - Challenge #166 |
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| La Muerte - The Angel of Death Illustration on Tag Tag Tuesday - Wings Manon's Paper Saturdays Inspiration Avenue - Celebrate Fall |
Inspired by two of the "Lotería" numbered cards, which are used in the Mexican version of bingo, I designed the two tags above. The classic cards feature a skull and bones, as well as a skeleton with a sickle illustration. However, I wanted mine to be different, since they are part of an original series I've been working on for about a year.
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| Animal Skull 1/2 © Arnoldo L. Romero Bella's 52 Photos Project: Gallery 22 {In My Hands} Jenn's In the Studio Ramona's Inspire Me Monday - Week 90 |
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| Animal Skull 2/2 © Arnoldo L. Romero Julia's What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #224 Maria's Orange You Glad It's Friday #56 Lorik's Mandarin Orange Monday #60 |
Last, but not least, I have 2 versions of a photograph of a skull that I took this week. I found the skull by the creek at Ft. Clark, Texas, and believe it belonged to a snake. I am always fascinated by God's amazing creations.
I hope you enjoyed my "skully" post. Thank you very much for your thoughtful comments on my last post. I also want to thank Simon Says Monday Challenge and Try It On Tuesday for honoring me with their badges for 2 of my pieces last week. I was truly honored and humbled to be selected from amongst so many talented artists worldwide. Blessings!
Comments
Your tags are super and I love your drawings :-) I think skulls are fascinating :-D
Have a great week. Happy WOYWW 224
IKE in Greece #49 xxx
Saludos! Valerie
Congratulations upon your badges too - I did smile when I saw your name on Simon Says Monday!
Paula (PEP)
Thanks for being the first to link up!
Victoria
Liefs, Melanie
greetings jeannette
Hugs Giggles
Cumprimentos
FABBY
Thanks for sharing on Mandarin Orange Monday :)
Niina