Thursday, 28 January 2016

Drawing From... Alexander Cozens

Another artist I looked at is Alexander Cozens (1717-1786) who created the brush drawing "Landscape Composition" using black ink.


When I first saw this, I thought it was an awful scribbly mess. However, now I can see how it would be a helpful compositional sketch to show how the view would be placed on a canvas, etc.

I had fun trying to imitate this drawing and it was amazing how much ink I used in the process.


I think this is a useful technique for quickly sketching a composition without having to be particular about specific branches or other tiny details.


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