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Drawing faces with the shadows of crumpled paper

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Finding inspiration for a new drawing while staring at a blank sheet of paper can sometimes feel daunting. In this video, filmmaker and illustrator Guy Larsen finds a fresh solution: He jumpstarts his drawings of imagined people with the shadows made from crumpled paper pieces that he moves around the page.

crumpled paper shadows
finding the face in a shadow
Watch more drawing videos on TKSST, including:
• Marion Deuchars’ Let’s Make some Great Fingerprint Art
• Pardon My Dust – Dynamic Sketching with Peter Han
• The intricate, temporary chalk animals of Philippe Baudelocque

Also fun: Osvaldo Cavandoli’s La Linea.

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