Sight Drawing: The Lincoln Tea Room, 5/20/16
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Charcoal pencils, 9 by 12 sketch paper
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This is a building called the Lincoln Tea Room, located in the West Chester Borough. It is called this because it is where the first biography of Abraham Lincoln was written. I like this building because of it historic and patriotic look. It has cast iron and red white and blue flags hanging from the deck. I also really like the door that is located under the ground, which can look sort of creepy at night. I have not worked in charcoal since my freshman year of college. I was a little rusty at techniques but really like drawing with it. I think it will work better for larger drawings that I will start doing. It is good for looking at over shades of the building, to add large dark areas.
Charcoal can be challenging but does yield some nice effects. Working on larger paper will give you the opportunity define larger areas; and experiment with line, shape and contrast. You might consider zooming in on an area of particular interest like the door and magnify it on the page. Draw on!
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