Some of us went to Regents Park to draw from the sculptures in place for the Frieze Art Fair - most of which were anything but black and white! For those at home, monochrome was suggested...
Why work in monochrome? The answer seems to be (a) for tone or (b) for stark contrast. Plus, the ease of not having to carry a lot of colours around!
From Carol - Palanquin, Anthony Caro
From Sue K - Meditation tree by lbrahim El-Sahili. A sunny day delivered strong shadows when almost through the study - quick adjustments made!
From Richard - I went for the repurposed steel drainpipe assembly with caran d’ache, and was fascinated by the light moving on it.
From Jo - This doodle was done with a brush-pen, and then I flipped the contrast on the computer.
A distant view of a José Pedro Croft, Untitled, 2021.
From Judith -
From Janet K - Meditation Tree - Ibrahim El-Salahi
From Ann - A black and white sketch of an interpretation of Velasquez' Las Meninas.... a few months ago.
From Joyce - Notan (a Japanese word meaning dark-light) focuses on the interaction between positive and negative space. Here is my example and also a woodcut I did many years ago from sketches of fish in our pond.
From Najlaa - a doodle -
From Gillian - Two plant drawings that I think complement each other, using Chinese ink .
From me - A collection, including two colourful pieces not drawn by the others - Annie Morris's Stack 9 - with colour notes - and Vanessa da Silva's Muamba Grove #1, #3, #4
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