This is drawing the light. High contract shadows and lights (on the model) define shape and value. Work on a dark ground paper with white, capturing only the highlights, letting the paper be the medium tone, adjusting the whites to create depth and contrast. Darker tones are the optical illusion of the brightest white edging the untouched paper.
This last piece is my breakthrough work of the day. This is my 3rd semester working with Sheila Metcalf-Tobin. I have never draw successfully, or satisfactorily, with this technique, until now. A fellow student said something that actually helped pull together this effort, a studio collaborative.
Light on dark, no contour line. This is not only a drawing technique, it is a way to begin to see differently that informs whatever drawing, or painting, an artist will do.
White conte crayon, white conte pencil,
on kraft paper. 40min
Below is the work I did to get to the above drawing.
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| One minute gesture drawing warm up |
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| 2 minute gesture drawing warm up |
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| 5 minute |
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| 20 min |
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| wet medium: conte/chalk/gouache/ink. grey Strathmore 40 min |
