Expressive Drawing - Maggi Hambling

Maggi Hambling is a British contemporary painter and sculptor. I wanted to write about her as her works on paper has been an influence in my expressive drawing unit.

Her work is very loose and free but so detailed.

Sebastian in a Hermes scarf, charcoal on paper, 2004

I love this charcoal drawing. I like the lines and the tonal difference, it looks like he is blowing away in the wind. When i draw i guess i see in sections and lines and try to draw them as i see them which can look quite scratchy and messy. What i have been trying to do is let my hand be more loose and more confident in the line it is making. I feel This portrait dose exactly that.

One of my Favorite ways to draw is mono type. I ink up a board and then depending on the type of ink i use either fair liquid or turpentine to rub away the ink creating my images.

I love Hamblings 'Sir Norman Rosenthal, monotype'. It is a lot simpler and i struggled how i translate my hand into this style.

Sir Norman Rosenthal, monotype, 1992

Wall of Water, Monotype

I think seeing these mono types will help me translate my hand into this medium. I like how fluid they are.

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