11.1.12

Slumbering Julia

'Tis the season for drawing sleeping children (until the Feast of the Presentation, right?). Here are a few sketches of my daughter, Julia, cross posted from my own blog:





When I was Christmas shopping this year I bought myself a couple sheets of toned paper. Because if you ask me, few things are as exciting as adding white highlights to toned paper...

4 comments:

Sophie said...

Beautiful!

Gaelen Mibeck said...

Wonderful inspiring drawings, Mr. H.

I've always wondered, how does one go about adding highlights to toned paper?

Ben Hatke said...

With white chalk or white colored pencil, of course!

Anthony VanArsdale said...

Ah! toned paper sketches... I'd like to see more