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Pencil sketch of a nude woman aiming a dagger at herself, from Death of Lucretia
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Renaissance Figure Sketches

There is a long tradition in the visual arts of those learning their way up to study and copy from the masters. There is plenty to be said for this approach, the idea being to follow the visual thought process and decisions of someone who has mastered drawing or painting, to absorb some of their […]

Pencil sketch of a woman with head tilted back and a lock of hair falling down her face
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Faces Sketched in Pencil

Like many of my artistic exercises, this one too started with a spur of the moment decision within a conversation. It’s true this conversation was more of an exchange within online comments, but that still counts. That’s how I found myself drawing the first little portrait in pencil, in a fairly thin-papered small sketch pad, […]

Nude girl wearing a headband and looking over her shoulder
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Fountain Pen Sketch Recap

The pen drawings tag on my personal blog has a range of old experiments in sketching and drawing with pens. The purpose through the years has been to boost my confidence in drawing, to simply have the courage to put down the lines without worrying too long about getting it right. My urge to draw, […]

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