Gallery: Plaster Cast Drawings.
This is an example of a plaster cast drawing in charcoal and white chalk on gray paper. The color of the paper is most evident
in the background to the left of the sculpture. It is also present to varying degrees in the light areas of the sculpture, where
thin lines of white are hatched to represent the lighter parts of the form and highlights. The use of vertical and hatched lines
of charcoal represents the shadow and half tones, which gives the drawing a unified appearance. The artist has achieved a
compelling illusion of light and solidity through the skillful use of tone, with virtually no detail.
Cast drawing after a Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux sculpture,
by Jack Montmeat, courtesy of the artist