In the cognition of each of us, we all think that drawing on clean white paper or canvas is the right way to do it, which is not wrong in itself, we grow up, whether it is out of hobby or systematic learning, teachers teach us this way. However, this conventional way is a bit pediatric for those artists who are bold and courageous, who work hard to paint in various places that we can't think of, which is quite "rebellious".
Of course, since the artist dares to challenge painting in a more difficult medium, he must have the corresponding strength. The artist that Xiao Dai wants to introduce to everyone next chooses to paint the picture on waste paper, most of which comes from the pages of old books at the accessory collection station, as well as old newspapers, old maps, old magazines, and so on.
This artist is the British realist painter Ed Fairborn, and everyone knows that any paper with handwriting and patterns is certainly not as good as a blank piece of paper. But the artist knows how to use traces on waste paper to add points to his creations.
Most of the works that Xiao Dai shared with you today are painted on maps, and artist Ed Fairborn skillfully blends maps and illustrations to create stunning monochrome portraits with outlined maps as canvases. Carefully conceived, the boundaries, roads, and topography on the map become the veins and skin textures of the portraits, and a large number of details cover the entire picture.
Conceived and depicted by Ed Fairborn, the map was abstracted, and very realistic portraits of people appeared in dense lines, like a map of waste paper that contributed to the representation of the whole painting. The depiction of ink and pencil also makes the whole work very well integrated. Each painting created by this artist is not very large, some are even the size of stamps, but the fineness is very high, and the lines on the human face, the texture of the skin, as well as the emotions and expressions of the characters are captured and displayed in front of us.
You must not imagine that in such a messy old newspaper, you can also draw such wonderful paintings, so I said that the artist is bold, without this bit of technology and skills, do not dare to try easily. Next, let's take a look at the portrait of this British artist in an old newspaper, which must surprise you.