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Tracings of paintings and drawings I study — de László, Sargent, Munch, Leonardo, Schiele among them — reduced toward the line that carries the form. Each post is a drawing, its source beside it, and what the hour taught; a process video where there is one.

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Netscher’s A Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Page, in line

My tracing beside Netscher's A Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Page Left: my tracing, Sunday 18 October — brush. Right: Caspar Netscher, A Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Page , 1666 — oil on panel, 45.7 × 36.2 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016.118.1. Public domain.

Modigliani’s Portrait de Gabrielle Souenne, in line

My tracing beside Modigliani's Portrait de Gabrielle Souenne Left: my tracing, Saturday 17 October. Right: Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait de Gabrielle Souenne , c. 1916–1919 — pencil on machine-made paper, 42.4 × 25.7 cm, Statens Museum for Kunst, København, KKS1965-1. Public domain.

Schiele’s Tod und Mädchen, in line

My tracing beside Schiele's Tod und Mädchen Left: my tracing, Friday 16 October. Right: Egon Schiele, Tod und Mädchen (Death and the Maiden), 1915 — oil on canvas, 150 × 180 cm, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Wien, inv. 3171. Public domain.

Leonardo’s Ginevra de’ Benci, in line

My tracing beside Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci Left: my tracing, Thursday 15 October. Right: Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de’ Benci , c. 1474–1478 — oil on panel, 38.1 × 37 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1967.6.1.a. Public domain.

Ingres’s Étude pour la comtesse d’Haussonville, again, in graphite

My tracing beside Ingres's Étude pour la comtesse d'Haussonville Left: my tracing, Tuesday 13 October. Right: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Étude pour la comtesse d’Haussonville (Study for the Portrait of Madame Othenin d’Haussonville), 1842–1845 — graphite on white wove paper, 23.4 × 19.6 cm, Harvard Art Museums, 1965.294. Public domain.

Sargent’s Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast, in line

My tracing beside Sargent's Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast Left: my tracing, Monday 12 October. Right: John Singer Sargent, Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast , 1882–83 — oil on panel, 32 × 41 cm, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, P3w41. Public domain.

Rodin’s Hanako, in line

My tracing beside Rodin's Hanako Left: my tracing, Tuesday 6 October. Right: Auguste Rodin, Hanako , c. 1906–1907 — graphite with stumping, pen and brown ink, red crayon and gouache wash, 29.9 × 21.4 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10.66.2. Public domain.

Raphael’s Madonna della melagrana, in line

My tracing beside Raphael's Madonna della melagrana Left: my tracing, Monday 5 October. Right: Raffaello Santi, called Raphael, Madonna della melagrana (Madonna of the Pomegranate), c. 1504 — black chalk, Albertina, Wien, inv. 4879. Public domain.

Ingres’s Étude pour la comtesse d’Haussonville, in line

Ingres's painting, my tracing and his study for the Comtesse d'Haussonville Left: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Comtesse d’Haussonville , 1845 — oil on canvas, the Frick Collection, New York. Centre: my tracing, Sunday 4 October. Right: Ingres, Étude pour la comtesse d’Haussonville (Study for the Portrait of Madame Othenin d’Haussonville), 1842–1845 — graphite on white wove paper, 23.4 × 19.6 cm, Harvard Art Museums, 1965.294. Public domain.

Rousseau’s Portrait de Monsieur X, in line and colour

My tracing beside Rousseau's Portrait de Monsieur X Left: my tracing, Saturday 3 October. Right: Henri Rousseau, Portrait de Monsieur X (Portrait of Mr. X), 1906 — oil on canvas, 61 × 50 cm, Kunsthaus Zürich (image: Wikimedia Commons). Public domain.