Study (after Watteau). I love this drawing. One of the things I'm trying to do in learning how to draw heads is learn how to do so with line. This seems obvious at first but it's not really. I see more naturally in terms of light and and dark mass, as in painting, and it's challenging for me to describe form only with line.
Sherrie McGraw explains the difference between between painting and drawing here,
The language of drawing and the language of painting separate forms differently. In drawings, forms are separated by line. In painting, forms are separated by creating two distinct planes. One form lies next to another and changes either value or color. The painter never uses a line to make a separation as in drawing. Painting depends on flat shapes to communicate.
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