Baby Paul Sleeping

© Susan Dorothea White

Baby Paul Sleeping 1965
aka Drawing of Baby Paul
ballpoint pen, blue
25 x 35 cm
Collection of the artist
Artist's Statement:

From Draw Like da Vinci: You should make many studies of a sleeping child before attempting to sketch a wide-awake livewire. Remember that a baby's head is at least as wide as it is high. Compared to an adult, the facial features of a baby are confirmed to a very small area of the head. Keep the earlobes just above chin level, other wise you will convert your child to an adult; and keep those ears small – they are the one part of the body that continues to grow after maturity. Drawing a figure on a diagonal creates depth and form. 

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