Mersh falling

2025-01

Mersh falling, 2025 — picture by Ray Patrick

B&W, Kitty City, doodles

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Subject

Mersh caught mid-fall or mid-leap, one arm thrown up above his head holding something, legs bent under him, against a heavily brushed dark ground.

Composition

A single figure tipped across the sheet on a diagonal, drawn entirely in open line with no fill, set against black that is laid in behind him in long curved strokes. The strokes follow the direction of the fall.

Palette

Black ink on white. No colour.

Handling

The figure is left as bare contour and the energy is carried wholly by the brushwork behind it — the ground is dragged so the paper tears through, which is what makes it read as speed rather than shadow.

Medium and support

Ink on paper.

Signature

No signature visible.

From the artist:

Concept-ink sketchbook