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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Figurative study

                                                                Pencil on paper 18X24

Michael Grimaldi's figure drawing workshop at BACAA was a fabulous experience. I thoroughly enjoyed one week of learning, sketching, chatting with artists and munching :) Here is the sketch I was working on.. Could not complete it, but I am happy with the perspective. 

13 comments:

  1. This is a fabulous sketch. I believe it deserves to be made into a larger painting.

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  2. Wow! Nice sketch dear! Let me know your email id
    Usha

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  3. Thank You so much :) Here is my mail id - pragya_tiwari@live.com

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  4. You did a great job with this difficult angle on the figure. Always wanted to take a Michael Grimaldi class, he is a wonderful artist.

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  5. Nice drawing! Michael Grimaldi's drawings are my favorite of any artist living or dead. I always wondered how he works. Does he use a lot of smudging and layer building with graphite? It looks like he probably smears his paper first with powdered graphite or something.

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  6. Thanks Anonymous !

    Michale does tone his paper with powder graphite before starting the sketch. This gives him scope for creating lighter values using the eraser. To create darker values after the sketch is complete he uses different grades of pencils varying the pressure and strokes to create darks and midtones.

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  7. Thanks for the answers! When you see Michael's drawings online they look so soft, you wouldn't think he'd be able to get those edges and gradations with just pencil work. Does he not use a tissue or blending stump to smudge value at all? Maybe the surface he's working on helps blend the strokes; do you remember what kind of paper he uses? Sorry, for all the questions, It's just that there is so little information on him anywhere. I wish he'd put a book out.

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  8. I don't remember Michael using a tissue or blending stump for the drawing he did at the workshop. He did ask us to bring stumps but we never used it. He uses his pencil very lightly to create gradations and that is probably why they look so soft.

    I don't have the exact specifications of the paper he used..but it was something with reasonable amount of tooth.

    I hope this helped :)

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