GARP Draft 1000 words...

Currently writing my 1000 word draft for GARP has really helped me make a definite decision of who I am going to focus on talking about. Chris gave me a great book which has helped a lot, 'Illustrators 33 Black and White' from 1980. In this it has got a useful article about wood engraving by John Lawrence, an article written by Shirley Hughes called 'The Telling Line' and a piece on Robin Jacques. Through reading this and beginning to write my GARP draft I have come to the decision that I am going to continue to focus on Masters of black and white illustration - Bewick, Beardsley and Bawden but also look at other male British illustrators that have all played a part in influencing the development of black and white artwork, finishing with my interview with Peter Bailey: 'Masters of black and white illustration - from Thomas Bewick to Peter Bailey.'

I have decided to create a timeline, it would be in this order:

Thomas Bewick (1753-1828)

John Tenniel (1820-1914)

Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)

Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)

Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)

Eric Fraser (1902-1983)

Edward Bawden (1903-1989)

Robin Jacques (1920-1995)

John Vernon Lord (1939-present)

Peter Bailey (?-present)