James Behan

Start with patterns of shadow

Lay in shadows with compressed charcoal
Olivette Hubler

Lay in lines from one contour across volume to other contour

Cyntha Mondell

Rita Harvey

Olivette Hubler

Laurie Cox

Back

Front

Foreshortend

gesture: measuring lines & cross contour

planes & cross contour

Julia Pitch

CROSS CONTOUR

Start with a gesture of the pose. Lay in the darkest areas of value with compressed charcoal or a dark value medium. Start to cross hatch with dark, middle and light value warm and cool colors.

Use hatched lines that arch from one contour across the volume of the body to the opposite contour.