Category: Drawing
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Eye Candy for Today: Gainsborough chalk study
Study of a Lady, Thomas Gainsborough In the Morgan Library and Museum. Image is also available on Google Art Project and Wikimedia Commons. A beautifully economical and gestural chalk drawing by Gainsborough; in white and black chalk on colored, prepared paper.
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Eye Candy for Today: Paul Sandby ink and wash drawing
View in Windsor Park, Paul Sandby Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over a graphite underdrawing. 13 3/16 x 20 1/4 in. (335 x 515 mm). In the Morgan Library & Museum. Click Zoom, then use Full Screen and zoom controls under image. Info at left.
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Anders Zorn’s etchings
In my post on the paintings of the terrific Swedish artist Anders Zorn back in March of this year, I promised to follow up with a post on his amazing etchings. I just love etchings, they have a line quality and visual charm unlike any other medium. There are three artists at the very top…
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Eye Candy for Today: Degas’ portrait of Manet
Edouard Manet, Seated, Holding His Hat, Edgar Degas In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on the image on the Met’s page for a zoomable version or use the download arrow. I remember being struck by seeing this drawing in one of the volumes of the old Time Life Library of Art (The World of…
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My article in the Spring 2014 issue of Drawing Magazine
I’ve written another article for Drawing magazine. This one appears in the new Spring 2014 issue, that is now in bookstores and newsstands. In the article, titled “Fresh Ink”, I profile seven contemporary artists working in ink, in a variety of approaches and styles. This even includes “digital ink”, in the drawings of Marcos Mateu-Mestre,…
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More graphite drawings from the Met
As I pointed out in my post on the same subject from March 30 of this year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a treasure trove of drawings in its extensive collections, most of which are rarely seen because of the fragile nature of drawings and their susceptibility to light damage. The…