Lately I’ve been using a surrealist technique to start my drawings. I have a lot of packing paper, which I flatten out and rub with charcoal. After staring at it I draw a figure inspired by the wrinkles. Sometimes the figure has no connection with me, but often I see a pose, draw it then realize it is from a model I drew in the past, and the wrinkles have brought back a forgotten memory.

Drawn in January 2023, I did a drawing of Hannah in this pose back in March 2022, but variations of it are not uncommon

Drawn in January 2023, although I don’t remember the actual pose, I can easily see that it is Kuan, whom I haven’t drawn for many years now, she has a distinctive style and is one of the greatest models I have worked with, her essence is firmly fixed in my subconsciousness