Therapy (scan)
A charcoal study of an axial brain scan: a pale shape floating in a dark field, worked by lifting light out of a toned sheet.
The source scan. Progress photos of the drawing will follow.
The approach
from the planningThe image is mostly dark, so most of the charcoal goes on the background. The brain is lifted out with a kneaded eraser as one quiet mid-tone, and the brightest points come last with an eraser pen.
- Tone the whole sheet firstPowdered charcoal smoothed with a chamois becomes the mid-grey.
- Lift, don't outlineWork in from the edges so the folded outline forms as I go.
- Edge still openBlack to the paper's edge feels clinical; a ragged fade feels more like a drawing.
Updates
Full journal →No updates yet.