untitled (Man Seated, unfinished)

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Description:

Watercolor on illustrator board of a figure drawing. This painting is a quick sketch of a man seated, likely to practice capturing the pose and defining characteristics of a model. The unidentified man wears black shorts and sits with his arms crossed in his lap and his legs crossed. The image consists of blocks of solid color, apparently added without an initial pencil sketch since no pencil lines are visible. The man leaves no shadow on his surroundings, though there are shadows on his torso. The pigment is applied in a wet-in-wet technique, and there are no dark hues in his face or feet suggesting that the artwork is incomplete.