He plays with lots of drawing tools, including all manner of pens, pencils and inks, such as Higgins’ sepia ink. For him, sketching means developing concepts for paintings, drawing from imagination, and sketching people he sees around him, for instance on public transportation, in church, and at coffee shops. Gary Faigin is a Seattle-based artist and the co-founder and artistic director of Gage Academy of Art. When Belardo is drawing in his sketchbook his intention is “not to produce a pretty drawing it’s meant to make an honest drawing.” He advises his students to use a sketchbook to further their own understanding of concepts such as form and light-and not to be worried about how the finished drawing will look to others. He also tapes a piece of sandpaper to the back of his sketchbook for sharpening his pencil-this way he never needs to carry a knife or portable sharpener. With me it’s all about a controlled, rational line.”
“I’m never shading or looking for large areas of tone. “The reason I use a 4B is that I can get a very soft line and get as dark as I need,” Belardo says.
Just a 4B pencil with eraser attached to the end does him fine. His needs are few when it comes to materials to put his sketching techniques to work. John Belardo is a sculptor, draftsman, instructor at Lehman College and president of the Hudson Valley Art Association. Going to museums and drawing from sculptures, copying works by Michelangelo and other artists of the Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque eras is what he uses his sketchbook for most of all. Photo by Maria Fernanda Gonzalez / Unsplash John Belardo
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