Sketch Book for the Artist

Castings

DRAWING IN THE PRADO MUSEUM, Madrid, with a steel dip pen

and acrylic ink, I used the nib upside down to gain needle-sharp

precision. Fast lines carve out the features of Goya's soup-slurping

hag. Van Dyke's noble cast of characters was modeled more finely,

seeking the dominant contours of each individual expression.