This is another example of my Ricks College classwork. This one was an exercise in reductive drawing in 1999. We tore masking tape pieces in half, long ways, then taped the edges of the heavy coldpress paper to acheive the jagged edge. Then we ground up charcoal and rubbed it into the paper for awhile to get good coverage. Then we drew the pictures by erasing out the lighted areas and exposing the white paper.The poor model was dressed in a clown outfit with a Martha Washington cap. I didn't particularly want anything of the kind in my portfolio so I found an angle that looked pensive rather than akward and I cropped in to not include the stupid clothes. I sprayed this small drawing with fixative several times, but it still loses charcoal powder when moved or stored.
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Thanks for not including the clown suit in this piece. Clowns and I are not always friends.
Yeah, clowns and I aren't always friends either, although, at the time I did this picture, they only left me vaguely uncomfortable. Now I absolutely find them creepy.
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