Drawing From... A. Waterloo

Aside from the title sounding like a bad joke, the next artist is Anthonie Waterloo (1610-1690) who used black chalk and grey wash to draw "View of Castle with Cottages Below".

I think this image is incredible and I really love the subtle variations in tone and shading. I love the detail in the buildings on the left of the drawing and in the trees and foliage throughout.

I tried using a grey wash of watercolour and then, when the paper was dry, I used black chalk to draw a candle with dripping wax and its stand.

This is obviously no where near as detailed as Waterloo's drawing but I don't use chalk very often so I found this quite challenging.

I like the idea of using a watercolour wash behind a drawing to give it slightly more interest and colour.