The phrase «figure painting» is an imprecise alternative to the equally vague umbrella term «figurative painting» which itself commonly refers to a type of representational art, based
on figure drawing, in which the focus is on the realism of the human form without encroaching on the more «artificial» genre of portraiture.
Unlike the Academy school, the League had no admission requirements and no fixed curriculum, other than a daily life class
on figure drawing.
Charlotte Hodes: Drawing directly from what is around me has always been the starting point and so certainly much of the first couple of years I spent at art school was centred
on figure drawing.
I started painting from the figure directly, as a result of having to teach a course
on figure drawing.
Based
on figure drawings from life models, McGinness's Women series captures the essence of beauty in its simplicity of form.
Based
on figure drawings from life models, McGinness» Women series captures the essence of beauty in its simplicity of form.
Not exact matches
Forty - four major law firms and 55 corporate legal departments are teaming up to boost diversity in the legal profession by
drawing on two inspirational
figures: the late Dan Rooney, beloved owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Arabella Mansfield, a 19th century women's rights activist who became the first American woman admitted into the legal profession in 1869.
Always be ready with your
figures if you plan
on showing it because no one can take an important decision from vaguely
drawn out numbers.
Then they tested their «impulsive approach tendencies» toward men (that is, their latent attraction to them) in a task that involved tapping keyboard keys rapidly, to move an
on - screen manikin - a basic
drawing of a human
figure - as quickly as possible in a specified direction.
According to GAO's analysis of the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, many older households without retirement savings have few other resources, such as a defined benefit (DB) plan or nonretirement savings, to
draw on in retirement (see
figure below).
Both of our jobs currently have defined benefit pension plans in place, both of which we are vested in — I don't put a dollar
figure on those but
figure those will provide 3k to 4k in retirement income when we retire, depending upon when we retire and then when we choose to
draw it.
The report further details pictures that were found
on Levandowski's phones, which included «pictures of the construction process of Google car, such as components / connections and parts,» as well as «
drawings and diagrams, such as
figures depicting radar technology.»
Mall owners, already squeezed by e-commerce and spending billions
on property makeovers to
draw shoppers, have a new headache: retailers deducting returns for items bought online from their sales
figures.
Figuring out what customers like is the eternal challenge for every retailer, and there's a lot of contradictory info out there:
on the one hand, studies confirm that everyone is
drawn to novelty, with many people operating under the assumption that the newest product must be the best (and they're often right, but not always).
The company has
drawn its
figures from information obtainable
on hidden sites and forums.
On the plus side, XLE is clearly trending higher at the moment and there is still another 6.4 % and 9.4 % of upside potential between the current price and the resistance levels
drawn in
Figure 2.
And like a lot of «newbie» technicians — and a surprising number of seasoned ones — I typically ended up
drawing «lines
on charts» that would resemble something like what you see in
Figure 1.
Drawing on the wisdom of thinkers as diverse as St. Augustine and Leon Kass, and
on the common sense of such
figures as Charlie Brown and former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski, Schall wittily argues that «unserious activities» help make human life worth living.
By far the biggest
figure in the
drawing, shown holding a flaming torch with a smug, crazed look
on his face, was Benedict XVI.
Drawing on the conventions of the classical literature of love and using an existing pan-Indian stock of symbols and
figures of speech, the bhakti poets nevertheless strive for spontaneous, direct, personal expression of feeling rather than a rarified cultivation of aesthetic effect and the «emotion recollected», preferred by the Sanskrit poets.
I notice that some of your
drawings are focused
on solitary
figures in various landscapes.
Simultaneously there arose in my mind the image of an epileptic patient whom I had seen in the asylum, a black - haired youth with greenish skin, entirely idiotic, who used to sit all day
on one of the benches, or rather shelves against the wall, with his knees
drawn up against his chin, and the coarse gray undershirt, which was his only garment,
drawn over them inclosing his entire
figure.
The strange shapes of the inkblots or the indeterminate
figures in the
drawings present themselves to us in terms of definite meanings, which we unconsciously project
on them.
My forthcoming booklet Facing Difficulties in Christian Family Life5 also explores how families today are able to rediscover life as God intended in light of these biblical
figures, but here we concentrate
on drawing out the connections with the theology of the body itself.
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form
on the day that the Lord spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire; lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any
figure, the likeness of male or female... and lest thou lift thine eyes unto heaven and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even the whole host of heaven, thou be
drawn away and worship them and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven» (Deut.
So it is that we have, so to speak, two problems: a barrier which is almost insurmountable
on the one hand, and a
figure who can all too easily be
drawn into our own time and categories
on the other.
Although
drawing on this Tradition, as well as
on the Hindu advaita - vedanta and the Buddhist pratityasamutpada (the interrelatedness of all beings), he eventually comes up with an abstract form of «Trinity» as a
figure — a unity in triple diversity, but detached from the economic manifestation of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Drawing on several legal
figures, Chandler informs readers of the «fierce debate» that Scalia's «scathing indictment of American society as dominated by secular «worldly wise» enemies of Christianity» has provoked.
On the basis of this hypothesis, Käsemann and Vielhauer reject the authenticity of Luke 12.8 f., largely because they believe that Jesus» message was concerned with the Kingdom and with God
drawing near to men in the immediacy of the proclamation of that Kingdom, and that, therefore, Jesus could not also have proclaimed the coming of an eschatological
figure other than himself in the future.
St John Paul - whose feast we mark in October - was a much - televised
figure and
drew vast crowds
on world pilgrimages.
Drawing on research published by the Cinnamon Network, the
figure is calculated from 9,028 social action projects, 4,535 paid staff activities, 74,544 volunteer roles, 2,212,491 paid staff hours and 9,012,457 volunteer hours.
The summer signings or Alexander Hleb, Matt Derbyshire (both
on loan) and Jean Beausejour have not worked and St. Andrews has been deprived of goals, resulting in only two wins and seven
draws at home this season, when last year this
figure would have read the opposite way around.
Today's View From The Enemy comes direct from the official WBA website and provides lots of interesting facts and
figures, like don't have a bet
on a 0 - 0
draw!
The 28 - year - old hasn't
figured for the Reds since the 1 - 1
draw at Manchester City
on March 19 after sustaining the problem during the subsequent international break.
The organiser should also have
figures about their demographic, and you can also follow them
on their social media channels — a look through their posts to see which have gained the most attention should give you an idea about the kind of customers they attract and which products they are most
drawn to.
So when the author mentions in passing that his daughter skipped breakfast one day and lunch
on another, I think we can fairly
draw the inference that she's already
figured out there will always be a tasty puree at the ready.
Especially when I hear other birth stories and there are many obvious signs of distress, long and
drawn out in a rough labor, and the baby comes out kicking and screaming... Now that we can look back
on her birth day, while holding a healthy, resilient little one, I'm still trying to
figure out a way to disconnect the wonderful, powerful, redeeming qualities of my experience, from the terrifying experience at the very end.
The key is
figuring out your family schedule in December and doing simple activities that don't require a lot of time
on certain days (i.e. make Hot Chocolate, write a letter to Santa or
draw a Christmas picture).
Mom and dad should both
draw together and
figure out some way for the child to continue to breastfeed while getting one -
on - one time with dad.
According to our calculations, which
draw on data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other public sources, central governments hold significantly more commercial assets than private equity firms, hedge funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, or the super-rich (see
figure 1 below).
Orange County Democrats are seizing
on the latest pension data
figures released in recent days showing Sen. Bill Larkin
drawing a $ 58,503 pension benefit this year
on top of his salary as a state lawmaker.
Anything Facebook
draws news coverage, and this particular Facebook feature
figured in a lot of post-election coverage of Obama 2012, leading some to over-estimate its actual importance to the campaign (it was a useful way to reach voters difficult to find otherwise, particualrly younger ones who move around a lot, but not a war - winning technology
on its own).
«We ended up with a cost - of - living, transactional politics which
drew on polling
figures that were based
on sand.
That is despite the lines being
drawn based
on the most - recent Census
figures from 2010.
[12] However, leading New Labour
figures have also
drawn on Crosland's work.
Prior to the vote, the Council also had to hold a public hearing
on the move, which Republican Councilman Kenny Tompkins
figured would
draw displeasure from taxpayers.
«But with these latest
figures and
drawing on advice from the field we have now reached a point where this service is required.
It's hard to see how he benefits from just the four - candidate debate in which the rivalry
figures to be diffused by the format, unless he's counting
on Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins coming off well enough to
draw significant Democratic support away from the Governor beyond the roughly 10 percent he's been pulling in the polls.
The 42 - year - old Northavon MP is currently charged with
drawing up the Liberal Democrat manifesto and is seen as a popular
figure, particularly
on the left of the party.
Whitehall officials say the source for this 70,000
figure is the JIC, the Joint Intelligence Committee,
drawing on assessments by the FCO, UK intelligence agencies and open sources.