Violinist Seen from the Back by Vincent van Gogh, 1887
chalk on paper
image courtesy of the Van Gogh Museum
A sketch that I had never seen before by the late great Van Gogh. A beautiful example of hatching (parallel lines drawn closely together) and cross hatching (overlapping layers of hatching drawn at right angles), the definitions of which I never fully understood before.
An expressive yet fairly simplistic line drawing with varying tones and texture.
This sort of thing really thrills me.
- Cathleen
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