Friday, February 4, 2011

Using Red Chalk on Tinted Paper Continued

In figure drawing class, with instructor Robert Liberace, we started a new pose. I have been experimenting with using terra cotta pencils on hand tinted paper. The paper is prepared with a mixture of watercolor and shellac, which allows for highlights to be erased out and gives a nice surface for layering the terra cotta. White highlights can also be added with a white pastel.

This technique is similar to the red chalk drawings created by Renaissance masters such as Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael. The red chalk and tinted paper give the drawings a warm quality.

Last week I finished a long study with this technique and today I started a new study.

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Red chalk study by Marie Dauenheimer.

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Red chalk drawing, early phase, by Marie Dauenheimer.

2 comments:

  1. Will we be using toned paper for our red chalk studies? Or will it just be on regular drawing paper?

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  2. Same question. I think the toned paper might be better to bring out values. but expensive =3

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