More online exhibitions Jim Dine: The Glyptotek Drawings Online
Exhibition | Thaw Conservation Center Jim Dine: Drawing with
Light Building up the Layers Detail of Dine's fingerprints in
the manipulated charcoal of Glyptotek Drawing . Detail of
Glyptotek Drawing  showing texture from directly applied
charcoal on the left, in contrast to the manipulated tonal area
on the right. Glyptotek Drawing  Dine began each drawing with
charcoal or lithographic crayon, which he manipulated with his
fingers (figure 2) and a kneaded eraser to create subtle
gradations. On paper and frosted plastic supports, Dine used
vine and compressed charcoal as his initial drawing material.
However, when he worked on a clear plastic support, Dine
required a stickier drawing material that would adhere to the
very smooth surface and still allow for later manipulation. For
this, Dine chose to use soft lithographic crayons. In several
drawings Dine created passages of charcoal that have the
appearance of a liquid. He achieved this effect by