Pirogh Hesse

Continuing the previous hatching study, I turn now to studing some masters: Rembrandt, Manara and Toppi.

Master-study, hatching with a fountain-pen, 21x30cm, at l'ESAD.

Hatching with a fountain-pen, 42x30cm, 5 or 15' poses.

Hatching with a fountain-pen, 42x30cm, 5' or 10' poses.

Hatching with a fountain-pen, 42x30cm, 5' or 10' poses.

Inspirated by Rembrandt with his self portrait with eyes wide open, I turned to a self-portrait:

Hatching with a fountain-pen, 21x30cm.

Hatching with a fountain-pen, 21x30cm.

Clarinha at l'ESAD. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, 10mn.

I discovered this week the amazing book Crosshatching in Pen & Ink by August Lamm and I decided to study cross-hatching. Here is my fist drawings, a pomegranate and my left hand:

Hatching with a fineliner-pen, 21x30cm.

The two first sketches used a cretacolor compressed charcoal bar, similar to a carré conté:

The two last used a softer milan natural charcoal stick:

Tiyi at la Guitoune. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, between 15mn and 30mn.

Juliette at l'ESAD. Charcoal, about 50x65cm. Life figure sketch, 5mn or 15mn.