PATRICK VALE

Patrick Vale is a UK artist from Bristol, now living in NYC. I have followed Vale for a while on instagram, and I find his work fascinating. I love how he often shares his sketchbooks, and it's very clear he often draws on location. He works mainly with ink pens and fine liners, however he also produces paintings as well. It is his ink/pen drawings which draw attention to me the most due to their black and white intricacy - whereas his paintings provide a more surreal feel with their bold colours. 

This quote to the left is an image I found on his website, and I find this inspiring. He states his work is purely about the line - and as we can see from his work he uses a range of thickness of lines to allow contrast within his pieces, which I feel help the viewer read his illustrations. Despite being such still and mundane scenes, his pieces have so much personality and you can feel the movement through his use of loose lines. For me, Patrick Vale motivates me to do more location drawing and to allow myself to use my sketchbook more freely.

​https://www.instagram.com/patrickvaleartist/