This figure was drawn in a great rush of strokes of white oil pastel on white paper, with the notion to deliberately obstruct and interfere with “good drawing” from not being able to visually track where the marks were landing.
The drawing was then tilted almost upright and a fat makeup brush was loaded with dark powdered pigment then lightly brushed downward over the absorbent oil pastel for this smashing result. Less than ten minutes, start to finish. It’s a Fillière. Gorgeous also for female studio figures, a technique I invented for myself about forty years ago to loosen up my drawing style. Curiously, it proved to be a great way to increase drawing confidence and at the same time weed out preciousness of approach.
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