Here’s “Elbow Room”.

The wee story behind this drawing is the direct result of Albert Camus’ fantastic quote “freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better”.

SO, I decided to take a (well needed) break from commission and exhibition work, let go of the various pressures and see what my mind would give me.

I became deaf to “what might be nice to draw” and set myself instead a biggish technical challenge.

How do you or rather how would I give a vertical line energy?

“Elbow Room” is taken from reference photos I have had (stashed away in both my mind and studio) for over 7 years. This is the foreleg of a Rh.D. kaltblutt stallion stationed at the Warendorf National Stud (Landgestuet Warendorf) .

I used pencil (2B & 6B) for the entire drawing. The shadow on the left leg is “glazed” over with loose charcoal (6B).

This was fun and somehow I feel as though I’ve been away for the last 2 days…strange!

Will definitely be back at the drawing board tomorrow with extra gusto!