Chair drawing

(C) 2016 Dale DiMauro; Photo credit: Squirrel Friends

My wife purchased a fancy new chair for me that not only rocks but also swivels and reclines. Don't worry; she has a brand new couch coming of her own choosing. However, one of the criteria for my new chair was that I needed to be able to sketch in it comfortably.

This is the first drawing I did in the chair two nights ago while watching television. The subject was from a photograph clipped from our weekly newspaper, just after I read the latest edition in my new chair.

I do find drawing a critical stage prior to painting as it makes me think of the composition in advance. In general, the more I can advance a composition or simplify it, the stronger the end result