When we started with life studies at the academy, in the first and second trimester, we drew the figure with graphite. Then in the third trimester, we were introduced to charcoal. A new medium to work with. All the mediums have its own challenges and it took me a while to get used to it. In the academy, there's a process to learn the techniques and handling of different mediums. The complexity of a medium is gradually increased in order to prepare you for the charcoal cast studies.
These are some of the works from my third trimester. Figure study on a tinted sheet of canson paper, using charcoal stick and white pencil for the highlights.
The color of the paper is sepia, which mainly serves as the halftone and we need to carefully work out the shadow shapes and the highlights to create an illusion of form.
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