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Carlos M. Lozano

The Game
The Game, I can say proudly that is my first masterpiece, I did not know anything (and I reallymean anything) about drawing, from how to hold a pencil, how a conté works, from how to sit to draw, etc.
For this piece, a lot of media was used: conté, charcoal, and pencil were the main used;however giving the correct technique of the “chamois cloth” you have it all, you will get a different feeling and perspective.
The last and most important media for me that was used, was the eraser, thisgives the highlight and Impact that I was looking for. I am very proud of this piece.

The Movement
For this particularly piece I tried (and did it correctly) to make the fabric look like hadmovement.
The simple technique used in this one was to cover all the drawing sheet with charcoal. However the magic started when the eraser was in my hand. Having some knowledge in light with photography,this piece I can say is the best one I did in this workshop (more than a school course). The eraser did the job. You can give the light to the darkness with it, and the purpose was fulfilled giving“the movement” I was expecting to have.

Dreaming
First time drawing a body. Nervous about the idea and the concept, however when you are drawing this type is another feeling, been concentrated aboutthe beauty of each perfect line the body creates.
Never before, I was amazed about hands and back from a model, having the most beautiful lines. Shadows make their main role over the body creatingawesome patterns.
For this drawing, only a pencil and an eraser were used. In all my drawings you can notice that the eraser is my favorite tool because it allows me to paint the light. Paint the lightfor me is everything, everything we have is light, without it we are nothing, even in the darkness there is light.
Having the experience about this, I want to share a photograph I made from a...