ARTS497 | Samantha Coyne

Tutorial Work in Special Studio Topics

This course is an independent investigation of a subject to be selected under the instructor's advisement. We had minimal class meetings to discuss my progress in body forms. I was not able to take figure drawing at ODU as I had wished, so I used this course to enhance my anatomy.

I worked on body forms with the topic of Greek Gods and Goddesses, the Olympians to be more specific.

I usually avoid working on body parts, or doing faces in any position than looking forward. Using this course to work on that has forced me to go out of my comfort zone and actually practice it. I am still not perfect, but below is my work as well as descriptions for each piece.

Zeus

Zeus is the god of all gods, but he is also the god of the sky and thunder.

I posed him this way so that he is the focus, and his lightening bolt is not. Deep blue in order to represent the sky, and how deep it can be during a storm.

His symbols - thunderbolt, eagle, bull, oak

Materials - prisma colored pencils, gel pens, artist loft alcohol markers

Hera

Hera is the wife (and sister) of Zeus. She is the goddess of marriage and birth. She is known as a jealous person due to her husband (Zeus) always cheating on her.

She used her abilities to try to get revenge against Zeus, as well as his lovers and offspring.

Symbols - peacock feather, cow, lily, scepter

Materials - prisma colored pencils, artist loft alcohol markers

Poseidon

Poseidon is the god of the sea, earthquakes, and storms. He was known for his ill-temper and related heavily with horses. He looks very much like Zeus, with minor differences.

Symbols - trident, fish, dolphin, horse, bull

Materials - prisma colored pencils, artists loft alcohol markers

Demeter

Demeter is the goddess of harvest, fertility, agriculture, nature, and the seasons. Lover of Zeus and Poseidon. Her daughter Persephone was once abducted by Hades, god of the underworld. Hades and Demeter eventually came up with a deal that Persephone would only be in the underworld for a certain time a year (winter). Demeter becomes so sad during this season that her daughter is not with her, so there is no agriculture.

Symbols - poppy, wheat, torch, cornucopia, pig

Materials - prisma colored pencils, artist loft alcohol markers

Artemis

Artemis is the goddess of hunting, wilderness, virginity, the moon, archery, childbirth, protection, and plague. Zeus' daughter and the twin sister of Apollo.

Symbols - the moon, horse, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow-and-arrow

Materials - prisma colored pencils, artist loft alcohol markers

Aphrodite

Aphrodite is the goddess of love, pleasure, passion, procreation, fertility, beauty, and desire. She is rumored to have been born from the sea, in a shell. Cronus castrated his father and his blood landing in the ocean led to Aphrodite. She was married to Ares, but cheated often with Hephaestus.

Symbols - dove, bird, apple, bee, swan, myrtle, rose

Materials - prisma colored pencils, artist loft alcohol markers

Ares

Ares is the god of war, violence, bloodshed, and manly virtues. Son of Zeus and Hera, and was despised by most of the gods.

Symbols - the boar, serpent, dog, vulture, fired torch, spear and shield.

Material - prisma colored pencils, artist loft alcohol markers

Hephaestus

Hephaestus is the master blacksmith and craftsman of the gods. He is the god of forge, craftmanship, invention, fire, and volcanoes. He had relations with Aphrodite.

Symbols - fire, anvil, axe, donkey, hammer, tongs, and quail

Materials - prisma colored pencils, artist loft alcohol markers

Athena

Athena is the goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. She is the daughter of Zeus and was born directly from his forehead covered in full armor.

On her shield is the head of Medusa, a gorgon who could turn men to stone with just one look into her eyes.

Symbols - owl, olive tree

Materials - prisma colored pencils, artist loft alcohol markers

Apollo

Apollo is the god of light, the sun, prophecy, philosophy, archery, truth, inspiration, poetry, music, arts, manly beauty, medicine, healing, and plague. The twin brother of Artemis.

Symbols - the sun, bow-and-arrow, lyre, swan, and mouse

Materials - prisma colored pencils, artist loft alcohol markers

Dionysus

Dionysus is the god of wine, the grape vine, fertility, festivity, ecstacy, madness, and resurrection. Only olympian god with a mortal mother, Zeus is his father. He was known for either having good, high moments or causing madness

Symbols - grapevine, ivy, cup, tiger, panther, leopard, dolphin, goat, and pinecone

Materials - prisma colored pencils, artist loft alcohol markers