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| 9/19/18 Vereinigte Deutschsprachige Kirche (German United Church of Christ), Capitol Hill |
“May I ask you a question?”
The young man who had been eating his
lunch at the bench next to mine approached hesitantly. “When you and other
sketchers hold up a pencil like that, what are you doing?”
I explained that I was gauging
proportions and angles and gave an example from the church I was sketching. He
listened, nodded, thanked me, and went on his way.
Although I occasionally have
conversations about sketching when passers-by approach me, I think this was the
first time anyone had ever asked that.
Technical note: Starting with a
Blackwing pencil, I finished this sketch by putting in the darkest darks with a
Viarco ArtGraf water-soluble graphite pencil. It made it onto my Top Products list last year (I keep saying I need to review it, and I’m saying
it again now), and for good reason: The 6B version is a truly luscious pencil.
I like the contrast of that darker pencil. Nicely done. I wonder if the young man grasped the idea of the sight measuring.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if he did, but I was pleased that he asked! Maybe he'll try it someday.
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