"Girl with ring" Foreshortened figure drawing in graphite pencil

Artist

Matthew James Taylor

Medium

Graphite pencil

Date

25 Feb 2006

Creation time

25 minutes

Tags

Drawings

Figure drawing

Foreshortening

Nudes

Pencil drawings

Reclining pose

The female form

Comments by the artist

I've started drawing with graphite pencil again instead of my old faithful charcoal pencils. I can get so much more detail because the graphite is a lot harder and it keeps a sharp point for longer.

My favourite part in this drawing is her foreshortened arm and hand and the ring she was wearing. The hardest part was her neck because her hair was partly covering it up and I couldn't quite see what I was drawing.

I will be drawing a lot more this year so hopefully I will really start to improve.