Thursday, August 10, 2006


Spithope Two. This is the centre image of the triptych. The middle of the picture is a bit bleached out due to the light reflected of the glossy graphite surface. The intensely dark areas are created using very soft graphite (12B) worked if not ground into the very fabric of the paper which has already had similar treatment with charcoal.
You really get you hands dirty doing this but it is a highly satisfying technique. The end product is a surface not unlike a photographic print.

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