Untitled

Untitled

Alex Brown

2000

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows a person’s head from the back, with no face or features. The hair is made of tight, swirling lines that fill the whole shape. The paper is plain white, and the ink lines look hand-drawn and precise. The artist used a lot of small, overlapping strokes to create the texture. It’s not a sketch—every line seems intentional, almost like a puzzle. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.

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