Sadie Valeri Creates Graphite Master Copy of Jan Van Huysum's 1724 Floral Painting

Artist Sadie Valeri has produced a graphite pencil drawing that replicates a section of Jan Van Huysum's 1724 painting 'Bouquet of Flowers in an Urn.' The artwork measures 9x12 inches and was executed on Strathmore 400 medium surface paper using Tombow Mono pencils in grades 6H, 2H, and B. Valeri documents her drawing process in four stages: initial block-in, shadow mapping, form shading, and employing glassine paper to prevent smudges. She promotes this technique through her online atelier, offering video demonstrations to members and related instructional courses for classical drawing methods.