Original charcoal. 100 x 70 cm. Framed. For sale.
Girl's Back
“This is the point at which art reaches its highest mark: when to the primitive strength and simplicity of early art are added the infinite refinements and graces of culture without destroying or weakening the sublimity of the expression.”
Harold Speed circa 1917.
I tried to work with tone only (no line), attempting to capture the etheral essence of the pose with the minimum of line or detail.
I massage the charcoal dust into the image with my fingers (both hands), taking out tone with various cloths and different shaped rubbers.