Both of these are so beautiful. The crab is just beautiful. So lifelike.....her fingernails are completely lifelike. It is also very soothing & calming. A quiet & beautiful meditation.
Thank you.
You’re most welcome. That’s just how I felt. When you read in Wiki that he studied anatomy, it makes sense that he understood the muscles and bones, and he saw what he looked at. When I took a life sketching class at U of Chicago, the teacher had us draw the model without skin, and another time upside down. The hardest was to spend 5 whole minutes drawing one arm. You end up exaggerating the small contour changes and seeing every bump and indentation that I had never thought about existing. I have a feeling that Bouguereau knew well exactly what that arm would have looked like.