Figure Drawing
‘Marius II’. Charcoal on Roma
Not much to say about this one. I didn’t spend too long on it, which helped me to keep things loose-ish with visible mark-making and energy here and there.
Not much to say about this one. I didn’t spend too long on it, which helped me to keep things loose-ish with visible mark-making and energy here and there.
I love this blog, spending time working my way through. I appreciate the meaningful writing about the pieces. It’s inspiring and educational. Thanks for sharing.
The marks, hatching, here appear quite fine and regular and I’m not sure how large the work is but there’s a lot of good detail. Do you use charcoal pencil or sticks?
Thank you Ian, for visiting and leaving a comment.
The size of this drawing is 48cm x 66cm – basically standard Fabriano Roma paper size – and I use Nitram charcoal (usually the soft B version in the green packets does for more or less everything). It’s easy to sharpen to a point with fine sandpaper and therefore gives you a lot more control over your mark making than more regular willow charcoal. Of course, it all depends on what you’re trying to achieve, as sometimes you want the effect that willow gives too.