Amrita Sher-Gil Mastercopy: An online figure drawing session

Lydia Cecil

Join tutor Lydia Cecil for this week’s figure session, a master copy drawing of Amrita Sher-Gil’s Sleep (1933). You’ll learn how to use diagonal composition and subtle value shifts to build a clear, unified drawing, with charcoal and restrained highlights on toned paper. Materials used: Nitram charcoal and white chalk on brown toned paper.
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