青年肖像

A young man sits half-turned on a wooden chair, his arm resting on a wooden rod; cool grays and crisp linework hold a quiet, self-possessed calm.

Light washes over firm contours articulate a clear structure and gentle skin tones, with especially nuanced attention to the face and knuckles. The body runs in a long diagonal from left to right; the gray top contrasts with the pale trousers, the lower half rendered largely in line with color withheld, clarifying the play of solid and void, while the reserved ground lets the paper’s grain show and gathers the quiet. The back of the hand droops slightly and the fingers relax, the gaze level yet not overly direct, yielding a mood of restraint and composure.

Category

Figure · Drawing

Year

1985

Tags

人物肖像