Chapter six discusses drawing and the various drawing surfaces and mediums. Because most drawings are studies and non-serious work, this chapter offers an entirely different selection of artwork to pick from.
Drawings are wonderful because they often times are studies and can show how an artist begins the process of a thought or concept which is still identifiable in the finished product. A good example of this is Filippino Lippi’s “Figure studies: standing nude and seated man reading”. This particular drawing is done in metal point on pale pink paper. As titled, it is a study of the human figure and is realistically rendered with the metal point.
In contrast to this “Prince Among Thieves with Flowers” By Chris Ofili, is completed in Graphite rather than a study of figure, Ofili uses the pencils to draw attention to the portrait made up of small afro-haired heads. In the background he used harder pencils to create the lighter, sharper image of the flowers.
Ofili uses a newer technique and the resulting image is certainly cleaner and more modern. This is not just because of his choice of medium but also how he stylized the drawing.
Unlike Filippino Lippi’s figure study, where you might be able to identify a portion of the image without seeing the rest, in “Prince among Thieves with Flowers” if a small portion of the drawing was separated from the rest it is doubtful that the portion will remain recognizable and hint at the full image.
Also some-what coinciding with this is the fact that Lippi’s figure study is created to appear three-dimensional whereas Ofili’s drawing is flat and without the transitional use of value.
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