Lucian Freud completed

Sneak peek of annotation: Another piece by Lucian Freud which is presented on the other page of the previous drawing of the animal. Rather than reproducing the entire sketch of his, I captured what I found impressive about the piece the most. This was the form of the arm and hand. Personally, I find it quite a tough challenge when it comes to drawing the forms of hands in particular. Producing an accurate copy is not easy, I must say. However, Freud did draw the hand very creatively. Looking closely, he did not catch the details of the nails and instead seemed to have avoided including them. I suppose his main aim was to express the shape, which from a distance, appears still realistic even without the nails. Around the fingers are dark tones which I find has emphasized the shape of the fingers more as well as to express where there is no light.

The pen strokes are quite aggressive and rough from where the shaded areas are displayed, this has created quite a sketchy and sort of abstract drawing as opposed to Lucian's realistic forms. For someone who dislikes drawing hands, I feel I did a good job of producing the shape of it. During the process of drawing, I felt a lack of confidence in myself especially since I had not drawn hands in such a long while. As the drawing grew further, I felt more satisfied with what I was achieving so far.

Perhaps, I could have incorporated other aspects of the drawing. For example, I could have added a part of the t-shirt on the figure and possibly details of the chair for it be more visually exciting rather than showing a blank background.

Next, I reproduced my own drawing of Lucian's 'Head of Man' piece. The form of the head was a challenge for me due to the composition of it. The head is fairly tilted as I assume that the figure shown is asleep. Applying tones helped to define the structure of the man's face. Areas that really stood out to me were the forehead and cheekbones. Getting the texture of the hair was also a struggle. After creating a few scribbles, I attempted to use my eraser as a tool to emphasize the highlights through his hair which I found was effective and helpful to gain interesting texture.

The final outcome of the double A3 page drawing research on Lucian Freud with annotation.