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My studio drawing class went there to draw sculptures, and it was a GORGEOUS day out so we all went outside of the museum to sketch. :]

This is about 1.5-2hrs of work.
Blue ball point pen.

The anatomy is reaaaaaally wonky, and I wish I shaded more, but the sun was setting by the time we all finished our little field trip there that there really wasn't much light left to finish.

Big thanks to ~Taikula for randomly commenting with some great background info and commentary on the statue! Thanks so much!

'Naiad (Fountain Figure)'
Bronze, 1932
Grace Hill Turnbull (1880-1976)
Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, Maryland USA

~Taikula 's photo: [link]

The Naiad has been popularly nicknamed 'The Sexiest Statue in Baltimore'. She's actually showing a yoga pose called the King Pigeon.

It's a pretty rare thing to see an American artist in the 1930s showing interest in yoga. Turnbull had eclectic interests and travelled rather often, I understand.

Turnbull took some artistic license indeed with anatomical proportions. Comparing the Naiad with the search images of people in the pose (Google link, above) shows the Naiad's torso above the hips has been made much smaller than it would be in real life. In real life the King Pigeon is the daddy of all backbends. The smaller upper torso gives the Naiad a straighter back for a cleaner triangle shape.

Description
My studio drawing class went there to draw sculptures, and it was a GORGEOUS day out so we all went outside of the museum to sketch. :]

This is about 1.5-2hrs of work.
Blue ball point pen.

The anatomy is reaaaaaally wonky, and I wish I shaded more, but the sun was setting by the time we all finished our little field trip there that there really wasn't much light left to finish.

Big thanks to ~Taikula for randomly commenting with some great background info and commentary on the statue! Thanks so much!

'Naiad (Fountain Figure)'
Bronze, 1932
Grace Hill Turnbull (1880-1976)
Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, Maryland USA

~Taikula 's photo: [link]

The Naiad has been popularly nicknamed 'The Sexiest Statue in Baltimore'. She's actually showing a yoga pose called the King Pigeon.

It's a pretty rare thing to see an American artist in the 1930s showing interest in yoga. Turnbull had eclectic interests and travelled rather often, I understand.

Turnbull took some artistic license indeed with anatomical proportions. Comparing the Naiad with the search images of people in the pose (Google link, above) shows the Naiad's torso above the hips has been made much smaller than it would be in real life. In real life the King Pigeon is the daddy of all backbends. The smaller upper torso gives the Naiad a straighter back for a cleaner triangle shape.