1875
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Speke Hall, No.2 is a 1875 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a row of old wooden houses with steep roofs. The lines are loose and fast, like quick pencil strokes. Trees and bushes fill the background, but they’re drawn lightly, almost like afterthoughts. The artist used a drypoint needle to scratch into the paper, leaving dark lines that catch the light. This method makes the image look both rough and precise at the same time. Next, check out drypoint to see how this technique works.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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