Nude by bath © Peter Gander

An experiment in combining traditional and digital techniques. The nude is drawn with a charcoal pencil, highlighted in white and sanguine Conté, then scanned. I also scanned the background Kraft paper (or ‘brown’ paper as we poetically call it in the UK), seperately. The patches of aqua, green foliage, sienna border and model’s back highlight in white were then added as tints (in Photoshop/Wacom pen & tablet). Looks Anglo-Chinese perhaps?

Sketched in the city: Commuter, Victoria Station

Commuter, Victoria Station © Peter Gander

I’ve recently been working freelance near Victoria Station and have a new environment to sketch in. Away from a howling wind in the station’s shopping centre, this was drawn using charcoal pencils on 150gsm Kraft paper.