"Sepia girl" Sepia ink figure painting

Artist

Matthew James Taylor

Medium

Charcoal pencil and sepia ink

Date

15 Nov 2005

Tags

Figure drawing

Ink and wash painting

Nudes

Paintings

Sitting pose

The female form

Comments by the artist

With this picture I first planned out the pose with charcoal pencil then I painted the tones with varying intensities of sepia ink. I resisted the temptation to outline everything with my ink nib (which I normally do) and it has a softer look as a result.