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Recent Charcoal Portraits

  • Writer: Louis Ryan
    Louis Ryan
  • Apr 14, 2015
  • 1 min read

Lizzy , charcoal on paper, 60 x 50cm, 2015




Here are a few recent charcoal portraits. At my old art school in Florence initially we spent a lot of time drawing, mostly in charcoal, before moving on to painting. This is a good idea as draughtsmanship is 7/8ths of painting*. I still like drawing my models and feel that drawing is greatly undervalued in the art world

 *«Le dessin comprend les trois quarts et demi de ce qui constitue la peinture.» Ingres






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