Light Revealed

Scratchboard Engravings by Scott McKowen

Scott McKowen, Christopher Newton

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English

Firefly Books Ltd
01 October 2019

Prints & printmaking; Illustration & commercial art

285 glorious illustrations celebrate the scratchboard art of Scott McKowen.

Today's scratchboard 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. Colour, if used, is then added to make a spectacular work reminiscent of traditional woodcutting but as rich and dynamic as any full colour painting. Because it is a reductive process - you cannot fix mistakes - it is considered one of the most difficult artistic techniques.

In Light Revealed, scratchboard master artist Scott McKowen builds on his 2009 retrospective, A Fine Line, with a personal selection of 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.

AUTHOR: Scott McKowen is a renowned and prolific scratchboard artist who has worked in the medium for more four decades. His illustrations have been featured in hundreds of books, magazines, theater posters and comic books. He may be best known for illustrating Neil Gamain's Marvel Comics series 1602 and for several titles in the Sterling Unabridged Classics children's book series, as well as theater posters that capture the essence of plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Molière and other great playwrights. He was selected as one of the jurors for the 53rd Communication Arts Illustration Annual.

285 illustrations

Illustrated by: Scott McKowen
Introduction by: Christopher Newton
Imprint: Firefly Books Ltd
Country of Publication: Canada
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 229mm,
ISBN: 9780228101994
ISBN 10: 0228101999
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 October 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Scott McKowen is a renowned and prolific scratchboard artist who has worked in the medium for more four decades. His illustrations have been featured in hundreds of books, magazines, theatre posters and comic books. He may be best known for illustrating Neil Gamain's Marvel Comics series 1602 and for several titles in the Unabridged Classics children's book series, as well as theatre posters that capture the essence of plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Moliere and other great playwrights. He was also one of the jurors for the 53rd Communication Arts Illustration Annual. Christopher Newton is an award-winning director and actor. He moved to Canada in 1961 and built an acting career that included the Stratford Festival and Broadway. He was Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival for 23 years and upon retirement in 2002 became Artistic Director Emeritus.

Reviews for Light Revealed: Scratchboard Engravings by Scott McKowen

There's something visceral about scratchboard art: carving a white line into a black surface with a sharp blade... Artist McKowen's theatre and musical performance posters, book covers and illustrations (including for Neil Gaiman!), demonstrate the power and unique feel of the medium.--Deborah Dundas Toronto Star (12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM)