As of week two, the progress of the Old Master's drawing is coming along quite nicely. Unfortunately, due an irregular schedule at Maggie Walker, the time available for studio time was cut short, so I didn't get to make as much progress as I ideally wanted for this week. However, despite this slight hurdle, I am satisfied with how the drawing is developing. For a brief summary of what was completed this week, I started applying the medium, conté crayon, to the paper. I fully completed outlining the figure with the medium and have started applying marks to the lower part of the figure. Looking at the picture to the right, you can see that I have almost completely finished one leg and started a bit of work on the other one as well. By the next progress report I'd like to have finished the lower half of the figure while possibly starting on the upper half of the figure. The biggest obstacle I see in the future is working on the face since there are many divots and areas of different elevations, so making sure that the proper mark-making is on the face can be crucial to assuring that the sketch will end up looking correct. However, whether I am able to start the face this week will determine when I have to address this problem. Here to the left is a more zoomed-in picture of the full figure drawing so that the area of progress can be more plainly seen. Looking at this photograph, the individual marks are much easier to view, so you can better see my process in recreating the sketch. The majority of the marks in the original sketch are diagonal lines that are quite close together, but there are also some marks that don't seem to have a particular direction in which they are going, but these were most likely the pre-lines that helped to form the figure of the sketch. One of the harder aspects of drawing with the medium is constantly making sure that the medium has a sharp enough end that the marks can still be individually seen. If this sketch used shading to create a sense of value, then this wouldn't be an issue, but since the purpose of this whole project is to emphasize the individual mark, it is essential that the marks are distinct enough from each other to be easily recognized. Due to this, having to repeatedly adjust the crayon so that the sharp end is being used is simply a requirement of this project. This sums up the progress of this week, and I will leave you all with the fact that I am jealous that this figure has better calves than I ever will.
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