Portrait of a Man - Diego

This line drawing by Alberto Giacometti caught my eye because of how sloppy it looked. The lines look as if they were drawn very quickly. Areas where a lot of these lines overlap are darker, adding contrast and depth. Giacometti didn't seem to focus on the shoulders very much but on second thought this was probably done on purpose. The focus of the piece is the face and the different line strokes used to depict those features and if a lot of lines were used for the shoulders, it might take the focus away from the face. Instead Giacometti uses long straight-ish lines to give the shoulders an outline and the rest is left to the imagination. I really like these types of drawings and seeing this piece by Giacometti showed me new ways of branching away from representational drawing and more towards using different line qualities to let the brain interpret shape and depth.