Sgraffito Head of Alexander

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I am working on some drawings that are coming

along, but they are not finished. I feel like posting

things, so in the meantime, I am posting works from

the past of which I am very fond or proud.

This piece was done in the "sgraffito" method, which

is very ancient, as it was used in pottery centuries

ago. This particular work was done by laying down a

layer of crayons in patina colors, and going over that

with a layer of olive green/brown Caran d'Ache Neo-

Color Oil Pastel. That is smoothed out, and then a
drawing was executed using a tool that has several

wires coming out of the end, almost like a comb, which

enables me to do several lines at once, to do rather

easy curved cross-hatching. I finished it off with

some embellishment with Sennelier cobalt turquoise

oil pastel, which is as soft as lipstick.

Thanks for visiting today.

PS - I promise you will see some newer

work very soon.