Another figure study. Been putting off including faces with the white-on-black and this time the contrast is not so high as the previous rim-lighting, and so lacks the impact of the other figures, but some good practice on working with tone using the white charcoal.
Posts Tagged ‘white on black’
Glow
Monday, October 27th, 2014Fur
Sunday, October 26th, 2014Lots of lots of fur!Usually I don’t like hair or fur — so hard to get right. So I thought it would be an interesting challenge to draw something which was almost all fur!
Still enjoying the look of white on black and keen to try more!
Laughter
Sunday, October 12th, 2014Sun King
Saturday, October 11th, 2014Shine
Sunday, October 5th, 2014Yet more white charcoal on black paper! Still enjoying the look of them and the relative speed of finishing them.
Silence
Saturday, October 4th, 2014Another quick white charcoal on pastel paper!
The level of detail is so much less with the white, but somehow the flow or look of it appeals to me, despite the lack of detail. It has some power with just the rough lines.
Escape
Saturday, October 4th, 2014Another white charcoal on pastel paper. Unfortunately I mistakenly picked up the white graphite pencil to sketch in the outlines — white tinted graphite is much harder to remove! Hence some of the lines still being visible. That’s the second time that’s happened – I will need to hide the graphite pencil away
Mist
Friday, October 3rd, 2014A 2nd white-on-black attempt (white charcoal on black pastel paper)
I still like the ethereal sparkle of using white, and I’m still amazed by how quickly it comes to life (perhaps because it’s still new to me, so I’m not looking so critically at every imperfection). Looking forward to doing more like this.
Posture revisited
Saturday, September 20th, 2014A revisiting of the same image I drew back in 2010, only this time starting with black paper using white charcoal.
First time with only using white charcoal — have occasionally used it for highlights, but only rarely and never as the main medium. Was very surprised how quickly the drawing took shape and the ethereal nature of the result. This was “finished” in less than a quarter of the time of the original!
White charcoal on black pastel paper.