On Technique, Process, and Leaps of Faith
An introduction to my work, from a March 2000 Gallery Talk
Creating A Misty Moonrise In Graphite And Charcoal
In this
January 2004 article for the arts site WetCanvas!, I use graphite pencils and powdered charcoal to add a misty moonrise to a pen and ink landscape. A step-by-step demonstration, with in-depth discussion of composition, 'underpainting' with charcoal, developing and finishing graphite passages, refining inked passages with graphite, more...
All images and text © Mark Reep 2000-2010
On Drawing From The Imagination
Keith Jarrett said of his solo improvisations, 'I have to find a way for my hands to start the concert without me.' Sometimes, getting out of the way is a good place to start
Everybody makes mistakes. Often, if I let them, my mistakes can lead to something very good, and the drawing becomes more than it might have otherwise. But sometimes, an inked passage just doesn't work. Here's how I deal with it
Sometimes To Stand
Work-in-progress scans and comments on this 2009 Ink, Graphite, and Charcoal miniature