landscape sketch

A quick sketch of my driveway done with light sepia Cretacolor on etching paper lightly toned with walnut ink.

standing pose

This was a 3 hour study done with light sepia Cretacolor pencil on tan Zerkall Ingres paper.

female seated 9 hour study

This was a 9 hour pose done in vine charcoal and white pastel pencil on Zerkall Ingres tan colored charcoal paper.

female nude

This was done on Zerkall Ingres sand colored charcoal paper with vine charcoal and Pitt white pastel pencil.

master copy

This is a master copy after Annibale Carracci. This was black white chalk on tan heavyweight Rives BFK toned with burnt umber watercolor.

male study

This was done in red pastel pencil on light green Hanemuhle Ingres paper.

master copies

Master copies are an excellent way to learn mark making and line quality. These are drawings from Annibale Carracci. He was an absolute master of very sensitive figure drawings made with red chalk (as these were) and black chalk. I love the open line work and found when copying them that they sometimes followed the individual muscular forms and sometimes just went straight across multiple forms. The latter seemed to be used to create a particular value across a broad area. As a general rule it seemed the lines were delicate and sensitive always, even when they became a little thicker and darker. For both of these studies I prepared Rives BFK white paper with a wash of burnt umber water color and drew with cretacolor sanguine lead.