Monochroma
I call these monochroma because the palette is limited in each of these drawings to black, white and very little color. Some of them are built from one minute poses during open life by layering gestures, one over the other, using soft charcoal and a chamois cloth. Others are from longer poses where there is time to consider the figure within the studio environment.
- Laura Shabott
Untitled (figure stretching), charcoal and paint on paper, 14 x 12", 2019
Reclining Nude, conte and charcoal on paper, 24 x 18", 2019
Model Thinking about her Past and Future, charcoal on paper, 24 x 18", 2019
Gesture No. 2, conte and charcoal on paper, 24 x 18", 2019
Shadow Self, 24 x 18", charcoal on paper, 2019
Model with Restless Legs, charcoal and conte collage, 18 x 24", 2019
Man with Pole, conte and charcoal on paper, 18 x 24", 2019
Exhibitionist, 24 x 18", mixed media on paper, 2019
Susanne, charcoal on paper, 24 x 18", 2019
Untitled (model with waving arms), charcoal and conte on paper, 24 x 18", 2019
Modern Fertility Goddess, charcoal and conte on paper, 24 x 18", 2019
Bound, conte and charcoal on paper, 18 x 24", 2019
Untitled (model with ochre), charcoal on paper, 24 x 18", 2019
Three Women, 24 x 18", charcoal on paper, 2019
Figures in Space, charcoal on paper, 24 x 18", 2019
Untitled (model with headdress), charcoal on paper, 24 x 18", 2018
Mask, charcoal and conte on paper, 24 x 18", 2018
Untitled back of man in art studio), charcoal and conte on paper, 18 x 24", 2019
Untitled (red figure), charcoal and conte on paper, 18 x 24, 2019
Untitled, mixed media on paper, 26 x 50", 1993
Untitled (seated woman), watercolor and pen on paper, 24 x 18", 2019
Orpheus, mixed media on paper, 36x50", 1994
Reclining in a Cubist Universe, charcoal and chalk on paper, 18 x 24", 2020