I managed to get three hours of work in today so I’m making pretty good progress. For this drawing I switched from using a smooth bristol board to a Strathmore 400 series drawing paper. The extra tooth has made it a little easier to lay down the graphite so I should (hopefully) be able to do a better job of rendering the tones this time around.

Bargue Plate 1.6a.2

Here’s the original series 1 plate 6a found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course.

Bargue Plate 1.6a (original)

As usual, your comments and suggestions are always welcome and thanks for checking out my work.

Chris Fox