{"product_id":"light-revealed-scratchboard-engravings-by-scott-mckowen-9780228101994b","title":"Light Revealed: Scratchboard Engravings by Scott McKowen","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e285 glorious illustrations celebrate the scratchboard art of Scott McKowen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScratchboard artists use sharp instruments to etch lines into a board support layered with white chalk, silver foil and black ink to expose the white and grey surfaces underneath. Color, if used, is then added to make a spectacular work reminiscent of traditional woodcutting but as rich and dynamic as any full color painting. Because it is a reductive process -- you cannot fix mistakes -- it is considered one of the most difficult artistic techniques.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLight Revealed,\u003c\/span\u003e scratchboard master artist Scott McKowen builds on his 2009 retrospective, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eA Fine Line\u003c\/span\u003e, with a personal selection of more than 150 new works. He gives a detailed analysis of each piece and describes what influenced his design. He includes images of the reference works he consulted during the conceptual process and talks about the struggles he had arriving at a design solution. He also discusses the influence and advantages of technological developments, such as Photoshop, which have carried the medium into the 21st century.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"It's hard to decide what's cooler about Scott McKowen's poster art: the astonishing, elegant design and linework, or the way he tips your preconceptions on their head and does something unexpected with every assignment. Luckily, we do not have to make a choice. It's all here.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Neil Gaiman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Firefly Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42872436293712,"sku":"9780228101994B","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780228101994-l.jpg?v=1785878619","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/light-revealed-scratchboard-engravings-by-scott-mckowen-9780228101994b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}