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THE
TECHNIQUE – PEN AND INK – OR PEN, INK AND SCALPEL BLADE
DRAWINGS
From around 1990 onwards – the pen,
ink and scalpel blade drawings ……working
by naked eye only, of course, the additional use of the `tip` of a scalpel
blade `beyond` and `on top of` the `dots` only technique of the 1980s.
(into a new level of `exhaustion!) finally achieves, surely, a very
maximum tonal range (`depth`) and level of `detail`. The Artist draws on a
high white line paper. `At Carrick-a-Rede with Tess` shows this
extraordinary level of `detail` at its best while, to Richard Kennedy, his
most seminal drawing to date, `Through Craigavad
Woods with Tess` illustrates the progression - 1989 – from `dots` only, so to speak, into the
additional, extensive, use of the scalpel blade …….
Until
around 1989 …… working by naked eye only, of course, these pen and ink
drawings are entirely made-up of `dots` of ink using a needle-point pen.
However painstaking this evolving technique over previous years, one does achieve a
very wide tonal range (`depth`) and `detail`. For example, the
Artist`s four month drawing
of `Thomas Hardy`s Cottage`,
we think, shows this `dots` only technique at its finest ….. about two
weeks to complete the thatched roof !
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LATEST
TECHNOLOGY PRINTS
These are all highest quality
lithographs printed on 250 – 300 gsm. art paper using the latest
printing technology. All prints are, naturally, exactly the same
size as the original pen and ink drawings.
After close inspection, each
print is individually signed by the Artist, Richard Kennedy.
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