Renaissance angel wings?

[SweetPea]

ne1 got any tips on how to draw wings for angels that look from the renaissance? or just ones that look cooler than some likes and triangles at the end... Thanks!

*no anime please*

[luverly_marie]

Erm, you could always do a master study of cherubs and angels? I'm afraid ones that look "cooler" are just going to have to come from your own ideas.

[Elwell]

1: Look at paintings of angels from the renaissance.
2: Draw them like that.

[SweetPea]

lol i cant really find ne good front view ones.. know any off hand?

[alesoun]

Google "Renaissance Angels" Click images, then see which ones you like best.... et voila!

[KleeWyck]

you could look at art history books from your library and check out the renaissance art sections.
though personally i would look at bird wing anatomy and start from there.

[SweetPea]

thanks guys!

[Serpian]

Google "Renaissance Angels" Click images, then see which ones you like best.... et voila!


Well... The first image that showed up on Google image search was a Bouguereau... Not exactly renaissance... ;)

[rswanson]

Google Gustav Dore's Divine Comedy woodcuts.

[SweetPea]

o wow that would be a really good ref! i never thought of that
thanks swanson!

[Viridis]

Biggest thing I can think of is to make them SOME COLOR BESIDES WHITE. Seriously. If you look at pictures of angels (check for pictures of the Annunciation, where Gabriel shows up to inform Mary of the situation) like this: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=annunciation+paintings&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

They all have wings that are either brown-grey, like a bird's wings, or even rainbow colored. Even into later periods people didn't usually paint white wings.

They also tend to be more stylized than realistic, so keep that in mind.

[SweetPea]

cool thanks lots raven! i looked for a bit on the search result and i decided that http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/ed/250px-Annunciation.jpg was my favorite of them... thanks again!