The Techniques used.
Fine stipling over the foliage and the foreground is painted in long horizontal lines. It looks to me as if he has used a wax crayon or some masking medium in the foreground to show highlighted areas on the grass.
The wonderful negative relief of the soldiers in intricate in detail. There is also negative relief to the right. Was this done with a masking medium or very cleverly painted around?
Has very delicate use of light and minamilistic use of colour, mainly on the four figures and the rounded ceiling giving the clastraphobic feel of a submarine.
He uses the wash to give tone to the figures giving a suggested form. He applied a light wash over the pencil drawing of the inside of the submarine which pushes all the piping and the mechanical components of a sub into the background.
The unpainted fadder in the foregrouns is a palin linear drawing and gives a feel of escape in theis trapped enviroment.
The use of hatching and cross hatching is a very effective of producing tone and form for lithographs and he has also used some stipling on the figure. The light is very effected and adds a warmth to the picture.
Summary
Ravilious used a variety of techniques in his work producing a distinctive style,stipling, hatching, cross hatching, water colour, pen and ink, negative space, scratching out and produced fresh and unlaboured work.
Although Ravilous work ws neglected for many years an exhibion at the Imperial war Museum in 2994 has brought back the importance of his work.
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