Inspiration Tuesdays? - J.A.D Ingres

I think I'm going to start posting art (and non-art) that inspires me, if only for a personal record. Today is Ingres, more specifically his pencil portraits. I've never been a huge Ingres fan (much more into Courbet/Manet as far as 19th century French painters go) but after reading more about him, I think I've warmed up to him a little bit. I really like these pencil drawings I found of his. They're almost like etchings. I like how he says so much with relatively little; they're not overworked at all or even overly stiff. Even if they weren't, they look like they were done quickly, which I like.