I’ve been studying Valentin Serov’s portraits. He was a Russian artist
in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I love his
dancing, searching line mixed in with bold marks and wanted to
experiment with that. A few Saturdays ago I had some extra time and got
to attend the morning portrait co-op at Studio 103 so did some experimenting…
size: 10″x12″
Our model that day was local musician Jack Klatt.
For this head study I used American Master’s paper (grey), General’s
Layout Pencil for lightly plotting in shapes, and Derwent Ivory Black
Drawing Pencil plus a little Conté white drawing pencil for touches of
highlights.
The paper was luxuriously smooth to work
on and the Layout Pencil marks erased fairly well without beating up the
paper (though I did use a light touch to begin with). The Derwent
pencil didn’t erase very well but dabbing at it with a kneaded eraser
did lighten marks a bit.
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