A little insight into process.


    The drawings above are large studies I did for a painting I am working on. It is a leek and some potatoes. I wanted to explain a little bit about my method for working out new ideas. Many artists find their ideas start in a sketchbook. Sometimes I am no different and of course have sketchbooks of my own. Still, the meat of my process is worked out in larger scale with charcoal. I find myself doing dozens of these large drawings in a single sitting at times, just working out small kinks and compositions.

The reason I prefer working ideas out in this format over a more traditional sketchbook is that it provides a more fluid transition to painting for me. The paintings I work on are not miniatures. The size I work on requires more fluid movement. Often times these drawings can be a sort of practice for the movements necessary to complete a painting. I find working on large sheets in charcoal feels a lot closer to the movements of painting than sitting down scribbling in a sketchbook, hunched over. Please enjoy these hung leeks. 
   

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