John Pelham Black

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Biting into burnt toast – Digital drawing

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Drawing of face biting into burnt toast with fangs.
Biting into burnt toast, digital drawing

“He would snap at it with closed eyes, he would gnash it into a pulp, he would vanquish it utterly with his fangs. Then the anguish of pungency, the pang of the spices, as each mouthful died, scorching his palate, bringing tears.”

Beckett, Samuel. More Pricks Than Kicks, Dante and the Lobster

Portrait of a model

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A portrait drawing of a model done in charcoal on newsprint paper.

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.