View from Ikar Hut, Lake Ohrid, 2019, graphite putty on yupo, 5 x 7 in. / 12.7 x 17.78 cm.

View from Ikar Hut, Lake Ohrid, Steven Bradbury, 2019, graphite putty on yupo, 5 x 7 in. / 12.7 x 17.78 cm.

I made this drawing of Lake Ohrid and the Albanian coastline from my balcony at Ikar Hut, when I visited North Macedonia in May 2019. One of the first drawings I ever made on Yupo using graphite putty. The darks were laid down with a toothbrush, the whites pulled out with a wet wipe.