Driven to Draw Exhibit

I went to see the 'Driven to Draw' exhibit at the Royal Academy in London for some more research on my illustration project. I found some really good examples of black and white illustration there. Alot of them were illustrations artists had done as a way of developing ideas for sculpture and painting, whilst still being really good pieces in their own right. For example Gilbert Ledward's study for 'The Guard' memorial shows use of depth using ink and block areas of black to create shadow and lighting. This was early work for a sculpting project he was creating.

John Maine's "Misra Yanta" was a really striking piece, made using crayon, it showed a really interesting use of texture on a 2D illustration and great use of tone through using varying shades of grey. The image also appeared really sharp and added to the sense of depth and dimension. I imagine the artist masked over some areas or used a rule as this was really sharp for a piece created in crayon. The overall image was really bold and visually interesting.