Alan E Cober is another artist who I find incredibly fascinating, particularly for his book 'The Forgotten Society'. It contains a collection of drawings and studies of the lives of people from 3 'forgotten societies', hidden from the public eye. The three societies/communities being prison, nursing homes, and mental institutions. Using possibly ink and dip pen, he provides a responsive approach using free and expressive marks. He provides the viewer with an honest and emotional response. One thing I particularly love is the small aspects of handwritten notes.
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Lucinda Rogers is a fascinating artist who works. mainly with ink, and sometimes crayon and watercolour. She works in quite a traditional way, almost as a reporter, as she immerses herself into the environment and works straight from eye to paper. This definitely motivates me to get out and draw more often on location as her work contains aspects of spontaneity and such movement (despite the static scene). I really like her varied line thickness, allowing things to be pulled forward making it easier for the viewer to read. I also find it so intriguing the way perspective is often distorted - sometimes there isn't a distinctive horizon line which I would say gives the scene some more personality and movement. Here I have done some studies of Lucinda Rogers' work, one of a view from outside my house, one of my living room and I also did a study of some shoes that were in the hall way - doing my own creation of a similar piece of work that Lucinda Rogers' had done of some muddy shoes. I really like this style of working as I feel you can work more freely and I think the varied thickness in line is really effective. I really enjoyed the shoes study as you can still add in lots of little details and using my finger tip for shading and 'mud' I thought gave this study a real personality. http://www.lucindarogers.co.uk/index.php
https://www.instagram.com/lucindarogers1/ Daniel Egneus is an artist who I've looked at regarding my pen & ink studies. I find his work fascinating and also varied. He uses a good mix of dip pen and brushes. His illustrations are quite loose and dreamy, and they inspire us with their depth of beauty and detail. Here I have done some experimentation in his style, using both dip pen and brushes. I really like the looseness of his lines, and I like the way he adds tone with this fluid technique. I found the brush study a little bit more challenging for me due to the lack of lines I think, however I do like the surrealism and the use of colour in an undefined way. I really like his still life studies and especially the way the objects intertwine and overlap in a very impressionistic manner. The abstract technique he uses I find intriguing and I like the contrast and personality this provides to the illustration. https://www.instagram.com/danielegneus/
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AuthorSecond year illustration student, studying at the University of Cumbria Archives
December 2020
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