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  contour line assignment for my piece, I used pencil and ink. I did the sketch in pencil and the completed linework in ink. As the objects get closer to the viewer, I used more ink in my ink-water ratio to add atmospheric perspective. The objects are all things I generally use daily. For my research, I looked at many artists: Giacometti, Mondrian, Matisse and Flemish Still Life.  Flemish still life larger objects in the back of the composition objects often on a table - not floating in space lots of contrasting dark values the majority of each object can be seen even if it is placed behind another object lots of negative space on the table lots of red and pink hues there is often a diamond-shaped composition Matisse simple, hand-drawn lines lots of colour and saturation very shape-based once again, objects are often on a table objects are drawn to scale  fore-shortening heavy use of pattern My favorite pieces of his: Red Interior, Purple Robe, Geraniums Mondrian abstract...

 For my living artist, I chose John Scott. He works primarily in acrylic paint and ink on paper. His work follows a dark, almost creepy theme. Scott views himself as a blue-collar artist and political activist. His work focuses on an apocalyptic world ravaged by war and threatened by destruction. Furthermore, his work interests me because it has this primal yet articulate quality. He uses brash, large brushstrokes and negative space to form an image, often portraits. Many of his pieces have a skull and what I have deemed 'deer man' motifs. His work often takes up the entire page, only leaving white to form shapes. Sometimes, text makes an appearance in his pieces; such as 'abyss', 'I've been tricked', and 'love'.   I find his work beguiling because he can take such a childlike manner of 'carelessness' in his brushstrokes and yet he turns it into something with such deeper, instinctual meanings. His work invokes a deeper, hurt feeling in me.