Untitled
1956
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1956
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1956 by mcwilliam, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows four tall, skinny figures walking in a row. Their bodies are made of sharp lines and angles, like they’re built from triangles. Each figure has a long, pointy hat and one arm sticks out like they’re balancing. The artist used lots of crisscrossed lines to fill in the shapes, giving them a textured look. It’s all in pencil or charcoal, with no color. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
The work is a 1956 drawing in coloured chalk and charcoal that served as a preparatory study for a bronze sculpture by mcwilliam.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Fionán McWilliam kept a studio in a converted coal shed behind his terraced house in Belfast, where he sketched at night after shifts at the docks.
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