Oh Chiaroscuro how interesting you make a drawing.   I am starting to work on a drawing of three Russian men.  It is based on three unknown men I saw on TV the other day who just seemed so full of sorrow and power.   I have been too frightened to start and so I have been looking at a photo I captured of the three for a couple of days.  It is really quite a complicated image and to be truthful I am not sure I will be able to make it.  However, any journey starts with the first step and so I have made a couple of preparatory sketches for two reasons.  The first is try and get something down on paper and the second to actually work through the problems created by this project.  I suppose these represent either side of my brain, the emotional and the rational. 

This is one of the sketches and it was essentially an experiment in Chiaroscuro.  Much to my surprise it worked out really quite well.  Now I am starting to wonder if I should just concentrate on each man on their own?  I’m not sure at the moment but I have to say it is a fascinating problem to address.  I wonder of de Vinci had these problems?

Simon Marchini LRPS

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