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Thanks Alex,
As I was developing the drawing my students were commenting on how the head seemed to be popping off the page. In terms of achieving dimensionality I believe it is more a function of artistic intention that merely replicating what we see. This manipulation is at the heart of my teaching in both drawing and painting.
Linda my dear,
I love working with the charcoal and chalk. It encourages the lightest of touches. By combining stumping, erasing and building up strokes, the manipulation of the values takes on very subtle proportions. This is what I've evidenced through my study of Prud'hon. I don't try to copy his exact style but just the general idea of how he built up his values.
It's also important to keep stepping back and viewing the drawing from a distance. Some things that seem barely discernible up close look quite defined from a distance, while seemingly disparate areas viewed up close meld together at a distance.
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