CHARLIE MACKESY

An artist who I absolutely love is Charlie Mackesy. I own a copy of his recent book 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse', and it is simply beautiful. His illustrations are fascinating and the story is lovely. I love the fluidity to his work, the simplicity of ink and how all the text is handwritten with a dip pen. 

His work inspires me greatly and I think this would be a good approach towards 'wild-life' drawing, drawing people on location, and urban sketching. Regarding the book itself, I will use his work as inspiration for my Lockdown Diary as this contains great fluidity and personality particularly with his use of hand writing, and the consistency throughout the book. 

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