Draw a Plaster Cast chapter 10
This highly finished plaster cast drawing was executed in charcoal on white paper. All of the strokes of charcoal have been
smoothed out, and the transitions of tone are gradual and subtle, which conveys the texture of smooth white plaster.
The artist achieved a dramatic feeling of light by keeping the areas of light very separate from the shadow areas. The most
contrasted areas of the face are where the light areas of the eyebrow, nose, moustache, and beard meet the shadow. This
effectively brings those areas forward and heightens the illusion of three-dimensionality. Notice how much darker the
reflected light in the shadow is compared to the light areas of the cast.
Cast drawing after an unknown ninteenth-century
artist’s rendition of Moses, by Yumiko Dorsey,
courtesy of the artist and Aristides Classical Atelier CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE