Zi Yue: "If a worker desires to do good, he must first use his weapon." What is said is that if a craftsman wants to do his job well, he must have a tool to take advantage of. That is to say, tools come first, while their own technology comes second. However, countless excellent artists have used their works to tell us that truly talented people, without the tools, can still show their strength.
Can't draw without paper? Mark Powell, an artist from The United Kingdom, has proved with his extraordinary paintings that stunning works of art do not necessarily have to be made with specific materials and tools, and that if there is no sketchbook on hand, then old documents, old newspapers, and old maps can be drawn.
It was on these discarded documents that the artist created impressive paintings that could be called scientific illustration books, with no elaborate canvases, expensive brushes, only an ordinary ballpoint pen, and some old documents at the bottom of the pressure box.
Mark Powell used such a simple tool to paint paintings that everyone was convinced, and because the color and texture of each piece of paper were different, the tone of each of Mark Powell's paintings was completely different, and because of this, the effect of ballpoint strokes was richer, more layered, and more personal style of the artist than clean white paper.
Mark Powell's subjects are very broad, from realistic bird sketches, to precise portraits of big cats, as well as portraits of people, each of his works has a lot of detail, we often say, the details determine success or failure. The better the person, the more he cares about details, and this artist is definitely a "detail control".
The skin texture of the portrait, the clothing and hair ornaments are all depicted in detail, and the grasp of animal details has reached the extreme, if you see his ballpoint strokes, you will be amazed. Next, let's enjoy the extraordinary paintings of this talented artist using ordinary tools.