Three Faces - Drawings by Sarah Myers

Woman in a Sun-hat, Sarah Myers
Drawing in minimal charcoal on paper

    A lady in a sun-hat, a woman in a scarf and one with flowing hair – here are three drawings from my series of minimal sketches, black charcoal describing the outlines of faces, the glances of the eyes, forming expressive portraits from lines that are almost abstract in themselves.

Woman with Long Hair, Sarah Myers
Drawing in minimal line, charcoal on paper

Lady with a Scarf, Sarah Myers
Drawing in minimal line, charcoal on paper

Flowers and Ribbons - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Woman with Flowers and Ribbons, Sarah Myers
Minimal drawing, charcoal on paper

     With flowers and fluttering ribbons among her ringlets and with dangling earrings which swing as she tilts her head, she looks toward us - she almost smiles… This imaginary portrait is a minimal drawing in charcoal; dark, definite lines describe face, curls and the flying streamers. She is part of my long series of sketches in a more simple style. You can see much of this collection of drawings on my website, SarahMyersArt.com.

Woman with Flowers and Ribbons, detail.  Sarah Myers

Goose Swimming - Drawing in Minimal Line by Sarah Myers

Goose Swimming, Sarah Myers
Line drawing, charcoal on paper.

   Here is a goose swimming gracefully through the water, looking at us as we watch him. The hot summer sunlight shines down; as it makes the small lake a pleasant place to drift along it turns his feathers a dazzling white, throwing his form into a single simple, bright outline. This drawing of a bird is part of my series in minimal line, more of which you can look at on my website, SarahMyersArt.com.

Goose Swimming, Sarah Myers, detail

Calla Lilies - Line Drawing by Sarah Myers

Calla Lilies, Sarah Myers
Drawing in minimal line, charcoal on paper.

       Her arms full of a sheaf of calla lilies, a young woman smiles back at us. Black charcoal describes only the outlines of flowers, face, eyes, to place her presence on the white paper.

This is one in a series – a long, long series – of line drawings I have created, which I want to introduce on this blog. And also, I welcome you to visit my new website, SarahMyersArt.com, where you can see this drawing and many more in the same style. 

  

Calla Lilies, Sarah Myers, detail

Pigeon with a Branch - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Pigeon with a Branch, Sarah Myers
Drawing in Charcoal

     Simple lines describe a pigeon – or dove – with a sprig of olive in its beak. As a drawing she is partly the symbolic dove of peace but also simply a real, purple-grey pigeon, humorously plump and happy, who decided to build her nest on our roof, and who is holding a twig she has found before flying with it to her new house. Minimal line, charcoal.

Pigeon with a Branch, Sarah Myers, detail

Lady with a Small Dog - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Lady with a Small Dog
Line drawing in charcoal, Sarah Myers

      This line-drawing is inspired by my sister holding my small schnauzer. The gentle hands and eyes, the little dog's pleased face, everything turned into simple lines drawn in charcoal...

Lady with a Small Dog, detail
Sarah Myers

Woman with Flying Hair - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Woman with Flying Hair, Sarah Myers
Charcoal Line-Drawing

   This minimal line-drawing of a woman's head is created in simple charcoal.  Her flying hair suggests a wind or breeze around her; the gentle, backward tilt of her neck suggests she has turned to face into the gust, gazing at something outside the picture.

Woman with Flying Hair, detail, Sarah Myers

Two Drawings of Birds - Art by Sarah Myers

Pigeon on a Roof-top, Sarah Myers

Here are two simple line-drawings of birds: a dignified pigeon perching alertly on the clay tiles of a roof-top, and a duck swimming slowly through bright, clear water which shows his reflection in quivering outline.  The art is in charcoal pencil.

Duck Swimming, Sarah Myers

Study of a Dog, Scratching - Drawing by Sarah Myers

Study of a Dog Scratching
Sarah Myers

   Here's a sketch of a dog, just capturing an unconscious moment.  She is scratching, ears lying back and a long front leg out to brace herself...  The picture's minimal lines are worked in charcoal pencil.

Study of a Dog Scratching, Detail
Sarah Myers

Dog, Study in Charcoal, Sarah Myers

Dog, Sarah Myers
Study in charcoal

A drawing in simple, minimal line, charcoal pencil on paper - sketch of our dog, waiting expectantly.

Head of an Egret, Sarah Myers
Charcoal

   Study of an Egret, minimal line-drawing in charcoal.

Horse and a Windy Day - Line Drawings

Head of a Horse in Wind
Sarah Myers, Charcoal on Paper

     Two studies of a horse on a lightly windy day, sketches drawn in black charcoal with simple lines.

Horse Running in a Light Wind
Sarah Myers, Charcoal on Paper

Studies: Heads from Different Angles

Woman's Head, Seen from Slightly Above     S. Myers, Charcoal on Paper 

   Two studies, faces from different angles.

Woman's Head, Seen from Slightly Below    S. Myers, Charcoal on Paper

Two Horse Pictures

Head of Galloping Horse, S. Myers   Charcoal on Paper

   I have posted two pictures produced in very different artistic vocabularies.   They are expressions of the same horse, flying at an excited canter...