Portrait by Hryhorii Havrylenko

Portrait 1950

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portrait

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pencil drawn

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facial expression drawing

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light pencil work

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head

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face

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pencil sketch

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charcoal drawing

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portrait reference

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pencil drawing

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sketch

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animal drawing portrait

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nose

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portrait drawing

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pencil work

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female-portraits

Copyright: Hryhorii Havrylenko,Fair Use

Hryhorii Havrylenko made this portrait with what looks like pencil, and the repeated mark-making feels methodical. The evenness of the hatching creates a kind of shimmering effect around the figure. Looking at the gradations of tone, from the subtle shadows on her face to the darker areas framing her head, I get a real sense of the artist building up the image, layer by layer. See how the lines around her jaw are more defined, giving her face structure? I love the way the hair is described with these flowing, almost scribbled lines, a real contrast to the more precise work on the face. That sense of a thinking, feeling hand at work reminds me a little of some of the drawings of Käthe Kollwitz. Both artists share a similar sensitivity, and an understanding that a drawing is not just a representation, but an intimate record of a process. It's this openness to the unpredictable nature of drawing that gives the work its power, leaving space for us to bring our own feelings and interpretations to the piece.

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