Crosshatching "Seated Boy"

This assignment was geared toward experimenting further with Seurat's crosshatching technique using one of his famous pieces, the Seated Boy with Straw Hat.  It was said that he used this piece to study shadows and where to place both dark and light values to represent these shadows.  This figure was then used in Seurat's bigger piece, an oil painting called Bathing Factory Workers.  

After having used contour lines to create an outline of the seated boy, we were to rid  the piece of the actual lines and make gradual transitions creating implied lines instead using the crosshatching technique.  We were to be very aware of the transitioning of values from dark to light to create a 3D effect, and give it the life that Seurat gave it. The lines of the crosshatching also follow the surface contour thus contributing to the fullness of the figure. I think that we did this assignment not only to experiment with different techniques, but in part to realize that art is not only made up of actual lines and shading.  That was the one of the biggest misconceptions I had before taking this class. I'm glad we have been exposed to different techniques.