Drawing Mary

seated female nude, leg extended

crouching female nude. leg extended

More figure drawing from Frederick. It seems that I am settling on a technique that I can apply to future figure drawing. For the quick 5-minute poses, like the one on the right, I use an ink pen. Using ink forces you to think fast, since every mark you make is permanent and cannot be erased. Then for the long hour poses, like the one on the left, I use a graphite or charcoal pencil and use a lot of cross hatching to build up the shadow areas. Cross hatching is slow but allows you to change your mind as you work. It is a little bit like sculpting, I think, chipping away at the paper, until the form is revealed.

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