Carinna Parraman, Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England
Carinna Parraman is a printmaker and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol. She is working with Tate to catalogue the modern print collection by process. She also heads a pan European research network on the training and the exchange of ideas relating to the subject of colour.
from Grenoble Sketchbook [Finberg LXXIV], Looking Back to the Pic de l'Oeillette, Gorges du Guiers Mort, Grande Chartreuse 1802
![Turner, from Grenoble Sketchbook [Finberg LXXIV], Looking Back to the Pic de l'Oeillette, Gorges du Guiers Mort, Grande Chartreuse 1802](/britain/exhibitions/drawingfromturner/works/turner/D04528.jpg)
As a printmaker, and having studied German Renaissance prints, I was attracted to the chiaroscuro quality of Turner’s drawing. In this work, he uses a combination of contrasting achromatic pencils. The three hours disappeared quickly. I wanted to gain an understanding of Turner’s approach to composition and perspective through light and shade. I began my drawing with the small arched building and, by working outwards, plotted the placement of rocks, trees and wall in relation to the building. I became interested in the cross hatching of the rocks, circular marks to describe trees and bushes and Turner's quite deliberate use of small elements to give an indication of detail. The white pencil marks were added last.