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vozwords: Robert Fawcett's SHERLOCK HOLMES Alex Toth, Robert Mcginnis, Jeremy Brett, Magazine Illustration, Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Famous Artists, Sherlock Holmes, Vintage Illustration
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Robert Fawcett's SHERLOCK HOLMES

The Adventure of the Gold Hunter In his long career , Robert Fawcett was best known for the series of illustrations he did for Sherlock Holmes, written by Conan Doyle's nephew Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr. There were a dozen stories that appeared. The first ran in Cosmopolitan, and the other eleven were published in Collier's Magazine in l953. Looking at this series you can understand why Fawcett was considered one of the truly great illustrators. The Adventure of the Demon…

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ILLUSTRATION ART: ROBERT FAWCETT'S PATTERN OF LIGHTS AND DARKS Famous Artists For Kids, Artist Studio Space, Famous Artists Paintings, Bad Art, Artists For Kids, A Brother, A Father, Famous Artists, The 1950s
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ROBERT FAWCETT'S PATTERN OF LIGHTS AND DARKS

In the 1950s, Robert Fawcett visited the instructors working at the Famous Artists School in Connecticut and talked with them about his method of constructing pictures. He sketched three examples of how one might depict "a knock at the door": Original size: 4" x 6" He told the instructors that when designing a picture, it is important to focus on the pattern created by lights and darks. He suggested that students use a tissue paper overlay to block out the geometric shapes which form the…

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ILLUSTRATION ART: ROBERT FAWCETT'S MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Human Figure Drawing, Traditional Paintings, Human Figure, Museum Of Modern Art, Life Drawing, American Artists, Figure Drawing, Art Exhibition, Modern Art
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ROBERT FAWCETT'S MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Even a boring spot illustration of a postal clerk can become an exciting trip through an abstract art exhibition when the illustrator is Robert Fawcett. Take a closer look. Back before micron pens and Photoshop became the illustrators' tools of choice, Fawcett was wrestling pictures out of bold, lusty marks such as these. There are 2,437,152 artists drawing hair at this very moment, but how many have the guts to open the subject to this kind of experimentation? Even a row of rubber stamps…

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ILLUSTRATION ART: ROBERT FAWCETT, IN LINE AND TONE Robert Fawcett, Clothing Folds, Fountain Pen Drawing, Art Of Drawing, Monochromatic Art, Urban Sketches, Illustration Techniques, Clothing Sketches, Human Figure Drawing
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Clothing Folds
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Monochromatic Art
Urban Sketches
Illustration Techniques
Clothing Sketches
Human Figure Drawing

ROBERT FAWCETT, IN LINE AND TONE

Here is another spot illustration by illustrator Robert Fawcett, this time a small ink drawing of his friend Austin Briggs who was giving a slide show presentation: Despite the sedentary subject matter, close ups of the original reveal a vigorous knife fight: Pausing over details, we begin to appreciate the extraordinary variety of Fawcett's marks on paper : Over the last few days we have focused on Fawcett's ink work, but before we move on to different topics, here is one of Fawcett's…

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