Day three hundred and fifty-four: Tonight’s sketch is loosely based on a floating figure in a print made by William Blake around 1800. I believe it was an early white line etching, although I don’t know many details about how it was made or the exact process. When I briefly looked at an impression the other day, I was impressed by the tumultuous texture created by interweaving black and white lines, especially in the background of a stormy night sky. My version is not nearly as tidy as Blake’s, and more expressionist than romantic.
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