Lines of the Day: July 27, 2015.

Michael Whynot. Figure study. Red chalk.

Michael Whynot. Head study. Red chalk.

Michael Whynot. Head study. Red chalk.

Michael Whynot. Figure studies. Red chalk.

Michael Whynot. Sketch book page. red chalk.

Hand refined linseed oil.

Assorted, quick figure studies today, drawn from imagination. Trying to accomplish twelve things at once: I'm just getting to the end of Ernst Van De Wetering's book, Rembrandt: The Painter At Work, a great inquiry into the artist's Materials and working methods; getting my lines of the day down on paper; updating the blog; and learning the process of preparing my own linseed oil in preparation for making my oil paints.

Things are progressing, but it seems like there is so much to learn and so little time.

Lines of the Day: July 22, 2015.

Michael Whynot. Portrait study. Red chalk.

A thirty minute portrait study, done this morning in red chalk. Portraying the effects of light on form through variations in value. Values define plains; plains define structure; structure defines dimensionality and depth. The wonder of three dimensions upon a two dimensional surface.

Lines of the Day: July 16, 2015.

Michael Whynot. Figure study after Raphael. Red chalk.

Michael Whynot. Figure studies. Red chalk.

A quick study after Raphael Santi, at the top; a couple small, exploratory figures from imagination, at the bottom.

Lines of the Day: July 2, 2015.

Michael Whynot. Figure study. Red chalk.

A thirty minute figure study, done this morning from imagination. Fitting form into form; trying to envision the foreshortening of the thigh and the manner in which it fits into the hip.