Paul Carroll - Sketchbook 1
So for my historical figure I decided that I wanted to profile a Russian revolutionary of some sort. A good friend of mine moved to Russia with hopes of being an investigative photojournalist into the inner-workings of Russian culture. I know it sounds pretty far fetched, but that guy is crazy enough to pull it off. The guy I decided to profile is Dimitri Pisarev, a Russian philosopher and social critic during the mid 19th century. The twirly things in the background of the compositional sketch are from Saint Basil's Cathedral, which I thought were pretty distinctly Russian. That and those hats. I'm a fan of those hats.
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I really love the look of the media on the paper, especially in the beard. Is that graphite or charcoal?
Posted by: Molly Andrews | January 28, 2008 07:54 PM
The shading was done with those crazy woodless pencils.
http://www.dickblick.com/zz204/42/
They're pretty good for doing almost anything, but I still doodle with mechanical pencils for some reason.
Posted by: Paul Carroll | January 28, 2008 08:38 PM