Exploring Line

Last week we looked at line and its importance within drawing. Line is essentially drawing in its most stripped back form, and is the most straight-forward way of interpreting information visually.

Here are some examples that made me go "wow"...

Ben Shahn | Shahn's line drawings are interesting to me because they simultaneously feel ahead of their time, yet hark back to something folksy. Line seems considered, different line qualities place emphasis on specific areas.

Ceri Amphlett | I really enjoy her work because of it's atmosphere and immersive feeling, maybe this could only be achieved through lines that are expressive. I'm not sure if this was the intended effect, but I think Amphlett's illustration has an emotive, introspective character to it.

Jon Boam | What I find with Jon Boam's illustration is although the characters he creates are drawn in an imaginative, non-representational way, underneath it all there is an understanding of how bodies work and move. I like how the figures are stocky and you can see where limbs are built up and connected.