Archives for April 2023
Portrait of a model
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This was a 30-minute pose in a live model drawing session. I like this kind of light very much, a large, old schoolhouse room with one wall of windows behind me. This kind of light falls on the model and darkens every surface moving away from my viewpoint. That permits a very sculptural feeling to be quickly drawn. The dress was black with white stripes. I didn’t spend too much time capturing individual white stripes.
In Real Life (IRL)
![Negative space of an early sculpture I did sitting on the collector Doris Martin's mantlepiece.](https://i0.wp.com/johnpelhamblack.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Skater-sculpture-negative-space-1024x1024.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&ssl=1)
Desperation #2.2
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This is a duplicate of Desperation 2, with two hidden layers added back in.
This is a revision of Desperation #2. Still grappling with Klee’s Line Walk lessons. Thus, lots of lines walking.
Desperation #2
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