Jamie Raid

 Jamie Raid was born in 1947 in England and he is a British artist and anarchist .

 His work, is made from letters which are cut out from newspaper  and makes an headlines in the rock/punk style.He was educated at John Ruskin Grammar School in Croydon and he also took part in a sit in at Croydon Art School.

Reid produced a series of screen prints in 1997, the twentieth anniversary of the birth of punk/rock music. Reid has also produced artwork for the world music fusion band Afro Celt Sound System.

Reid says: "There's always been a political side to my work from the late 60's to my recent involvement on the anti-war movement. But we are also immersed in beauty and magic- beauty is the greatest weapon we've got to change things".

It seems that the politics has been the greatets force behind Reid's work.

Using the vibrancy of green as the background colour and the rest black and white,it really brings forward the subject of the print as the green is giving power behind the text meaning the subject instantly jumps out at you in a threatening manner

David Dawnton

Was born in Kent, England, 1959; In 1984 he moved to Brighton and began his illustration career;

He worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from advertising and packaging to illustrating fiction, cook books and, occasionally, fashion.

David has attended Paris Haute Couture shows for more than a decade. His illustrations chart both the back stage and front of house of the couture world. His portfolio includes portraits of models Erin O'Connor, Lily Cole, Linda Evangelista and Carmen Dell'Orfice.

What techniques he uses?

From what I read about him and from what I seen in his work , it depends of his mood and what he is trying to convey.He love using ink, I also uses gouache, watercolour, oil stick, occasionally acrylics… 

Andy Warhol

He became a famous artist of 20th century by paintings of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe.

Until death in 1980's , Andy worked in lots of different areas as painting, photography, film, TV programs, magazine, adverts, produced bands and designed record covers .

Started off as a commercial artist in 1950 producing illustrations for adverts and magazines

Style was very popular and made a lot of money which he used to launch his career as a fine artist.

As we see, Andy drew most in watercolors, combining a darker color and brighter color to make one of them stand out, but by making them stand out more he was adding a black outline made out of ink. If we look careful it makes it look more like a cartoon.

Agnes Decourchelle

Agnes is one of the artists that works a lot in pencils.Pencils remind me of little kids, drawing different line which don't make sense. 

However, since I started to research about Agnes, and her work, how she transforms every little piece into very good quality illustrations only with the help of pencils and I really like her work.Her interesting detailed type of work made me love it and actually do my final piece using her drawing style.

About the work:

Looking at the illustrations of her work with clothes, we can see how Agnes Decourchelle creates her work. With thin and thick lines, she gives every coat that she makes, a good line, shape, and form.

Some illustration presents a very interesting combination of different shades of blue. Different tones of blue from dark to light. Her talent demonstrates that with focus and those simple, colourful tools make of wood, you can make the simplest images look interesting.