Somerset Drawing Paper
I am trying out a paper that I bought in the States this holiday season. It is called Somerset (Antique is the color) and I am using it for my 5-week charcoal drawing project of a model named Francesco. This image shows where I am – I am the Queen of macchiata. I mean that my technique needs to improve because my application of the charcoal on the paper is rather blotchy.
This drawing follows the same procedure as my drawing last fall of Sara. This process I am learning is wonderful and logical,; for all successful artists work in systems. However, I have yet to learn how to obtain a smooth tone.
I do not have enough experience with charcoal and papers to know whether or not the Somerset will work, but my fear is that it will not. It accepted rather well the Rembrandt Black pastel stick that I used for the pedestal. However, while rubbing my soft Bs into the background before sponging it, I discovered that fine pieces of paper or a lint of sorts, rubbing off with excess carboncino.
1 comment:
bad paper or not your getting good girl. from my puter screen it looks like a black and white photo.so if you put the same image on "good paper" it will look even more like a b&w photo.you go girl...Rodney
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