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Materials w/ Jessica Keiser - Toning paper with charcoal powder

Added 2022-01-25 11:31:00 +0000 UTC

A Materials review from The Florence Academy of Art Alumni featured on The FAA Collective Patreon

Today it’s all about Charcoal!

We had the pleasure of receiving our brand new Materials review directly from the UK, by FAA graduate Jessica Keiser.

Jessica was always intensely interested in art. Although she was a philosophy major in college, she eventually found her way back to the canvas, and, through much searching, concluded her fine arts studies in painting at The Florence Academy of Art in 2007.

The drawings by Jessica featured in this review remind us of one of her favorite quotes by Gustave Courbet, "The Beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it.” In this video we learn all about how Jessica uses charcoal powder, while she demonstrates how to hand tone paper and the drawing techniques she uses to create her work.

Click here for a full interview about Jessica’s drawing process!

More about Jessica:

Jessica Keiser is currently based in the UK, where she teaches philosophy of language at the University of Leeds. Before coming to Leeds, she received her Ph.D in philosophy at Yale University, and spent a year at the Australian National University as a research fellow. She was trained in drawing and painting at The Florence Academy of Art in Italy.

To view more of Jessica’s work please visit:

Sager Reeves Gallery: www.sagerreevesgallery.com/jessica-keiser-summary