- Drawing in The Dark -

We've had a couple of sessions of drawing in the dark in life drawing this week. We each brought in a candle and used some Rivas BFK paper, and some willow and compressed charcoal. First we covered the paper with rubbed in charcoal and without using distinct lines, but rather masses of value, we proceeded to draw the model. The model was lit with 8 or 10 candles and we were in the dark. We used a kneaded eraser to lighten the drawing where needed. It was a great lesson in seeing values. We did two 45 minute poses; each different. I'll post a couple of drawings from these sessions. .....(Please click on image to see a larger one)