the prud’houn method. materials: conte crayon, black and white. use a soft crayon for the intial...
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The Prud’houn Method
Materials:
Conte Crayon, black and white.Use a soft crayon for the intial steps when blending . Use a harder crayon on the final layers when youwant the hatches to remain visible.
The paper is is a gray-blue.
Use a tortilla to blend the chalk.
Outline
Bold hatching
9 Hatch, Tortillon, and Hatch Again
10 Finishing Refinements
To emulate Prud'hon, apply the hatches in rows, NOT RANDOMLY. As the rows add up, you get a continuous tone. The hatches only slightly interlock:
Yet more on applying the hatchesPrud'hon's particular hatching technique is eccentric.
It is instructive to take a guess at how he worked, try it out, and see if you think your work improves. I can attest that the struggle to render in his manner (which is difficult) has strengthened my painting.
