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I Used These Alpine Art Images as Models

To learn how to draw, it is much easier when you have a model.

Do you want to know what helped me draw the figures on the alpine motif skates? I used the images below as models. (Be sure to read this caveat below regarding copyright issues.)

The drawing below served as my model for the man blowing the alpenhorn on the back of the skate. (Click image to enlarge.)

Alpenhorn (variant: alphorn): A straight wooden horn 5 to 14 feet (about 1.5 to 4.3 meters) in length used chiefly by Swiss herdsmen.

Etymology: German, from Alpen + Horn horn.

Date: 1864.

By permission. From Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary at www.Merriam-Webster.com.

I used this photo of embroidered Swiss ribbon as my model for the alpine flowers I drew on the tongue of the skate. (Click image to enlarge.)

Image used with permission from Roberts' European Imports at www.shopswiss.com.

I used the image to the right as my model for the cowherd and cow on the back of the skate.

(Click image to enlarge.)

Image of Swiss Bodeli (painted bottom of carved wooden milking pail).

From the Embassy of Switzerland in Beijing at www.sinoptic.ch/embassy/folk_art.htm. (If you hold the copyright to this image, please contact me. I am trying to locate you. Thank you. JJB)

I used the photo below for the cowbell. This particular style of cowbell is known as treicheln. (Click photo to enlarge.)

Photo used with permission from Schaussi's Alpen Schatz at www.alpenschatz.com.

This lovely photo served as my model for the Matterhorn.
(Click photo to enlarge.)

Photo used with permission from Sofie Hofmann at www.sofiehofmann.com.

CAVEAT: There are copyright issues involved in deriving your artwork too faithfully from someone else's work, including making a drawing of a photograph. If you intend to sell, publish, publicly display, or otherwise distribute derivative work, please first consult a copyright attorney and/or get permission from the copyright holder.

Books, magazines, and the Internet are all excellent sources of pictures to use as models for your own creative projects.

If you are not used to drawing much, you might want to practice on scratch paper to build up some confidence. Practicing first also is helpful for getting the size right. It is all too easy to start your drawing off too big and then run out of room.

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