The example above is evidence that using just a quill in portraiture, even if it is for the first and only time ever, can yield astonishing results, for as spare as they are, the inscribed pitch-perfect lines still manage to evoke every nuance of Robin’s look at about 23.
One of the most charming drawings I ever parented is the one immediately below, drawn with the end of a small stick dipped in ink. This sketch can also be singled out as one that is jam-packed with rhythm, harmonics, and melodic phrases. And the poetics of the unconventional approach.
Perhaps it’s even a “classic” Scott, begun as a find-a-drawing exercise: you start with a blank sheet and assemble marks one by one, allowing each succeeding mark to feed off its predecessor until they accumulate into one unified image. This full drawing addresses the sitting figure to the knees and maintains the same touch throughout. We each know a personality in the perpetual ruffle of brooding or walking on eggs.
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