Untitled

Untitled

Oli Sihvonen

1958

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This picture is all black ink marks on a light background. The lines are short and scattered, forming two big shapes that look like swirling clouds or maybe birds in flight. The edges are fuzzy, and the paper has a textured border around it. The artist used lots of tiny lines packed closely together to make dark areas. It’s like a sketch but without clear figures—just shapes made from ink. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.

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