INTAGLIO RELIEF ART
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    • 2021 Reliefs
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  • RECENT RELIEFS AND GENRES
    • View from Quarantine 4/2020
    • Eastham Library Show
    • Split Personalities
    • 2020 Reliefs
    • 2019 Reliefs
    • STILL LIFE RELIEFS
    • DANCER RELIEFS
    • LANDSCAPE RELIEFS
    • NUDES
    • PEOPLE/FACES
    • INTERIORS
    • SMALL SUNBATHER RELIEFS
    • BIG ONES
    • QUIRKY RELIEFS
  • UNDERSTANDING RELIEF
    • ORIGINS OF RELIEF >
      • PERCEPTION
      • RELIEF PROCESS >
        • RELIEF DEMONSTRATION
      • RELIEF LIGHTING
      • Windows/Reflections 1973-1995
      • LIGHT AND COLOR IN RELIEF
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    • BIO
    • ART EXHIBITIONS, ETC. >
      • Cahoon Spring Show
      • Brewster Ladies Library 5/19 show
    • EARLY ART WORK 1967-75
  • OTHER RICHARD PERRY ART
    • CLASSICAL SCULPTURES
    • PORTRAIT SKETCHES
    • FIGURE DRAWINGS
    • STILL LIFE DRAWINGS
    • PHOTOGRAPHY

FIGURE DRAWINGS

   My figure drawings are done in group settings or in my studio.  When drawing a new subject I usually start with portrait to get insight into the person, which informs my later drawings.   Many of my larger figure drawings are on yellow tracing paper which comes in 2 and 3 foot wide rolls which allows me to begin in charcoal and finish in graphite or carbon pencil.

  Since my intaglio reliefs are the mirror image of the positive clay original, I used tracing paper to reverse the image by turning the drawing over so the final intaglio relief done from the drawing would correspond to the original drawing. I sometimes take a digital photograph of the drawing and reverse the image on my computer.

  • HOME
  • RELIEF CHRONO 1976-2021
  • WIRE SCULPTURES
  • MAGNETIC MOBILES
  • NEW
    • 2021 Reliefs
    • Thoughts on life and art
    • Evolution from real to abstract
  • RECENT RELIEFS AND GENRES
    • View from Quarantine 4/2020
    • Eastham Library Show
    • Split Personalities
    • 2020 Reliefs
    • 2019 Reliefs
    • STILL LIFE RELIEFS
    • DANCER RELIEFS
    • LANDSCAPE RELIEFS
    • NUDES
    • PEOPLE/FACES
    • INTERIORS
    • SMALL SUNBATHER RELIEFS
    • BIG ONES
    • QUIRKY RELIEFS
  • UNDERSTANDING RELIEF
    • ORIGINS OF RELIEF >
      • PERCEPTION
      • RELIEF PROCESS >
        • RELIEF DEMONSTRATION
      • RELIEF LIGHTING
      • Windows/Reflections 1973-1995
      • LIGHT AND COLOR IN RELIEF
  • ARTIST INFO
    • BIO
    • ART EXHIBITIONS, ETC. >
      • Cahoon Spring Show
      • Brewster Ladies Library 5/19 show
    • EARLY ART WORK 1967-75
  • OTHER RICHARD PERRY ART
    • CLASSICAL SCULPTURES
    • PORTRAIT SKETCHES
    • FIGURE DRAWINGS
    • STILL LIFE DRAWINGS
    • PHOTOGRAPHY