more artists I admire

Here's an awesome example of cross-hatching: Hendrick Goltzius' The Massacre of the Innocent


I believe this is cross-hatching also, by MC Escher, but if not then it has great perspective and line variation.


These are also by MC Escher, and show his mastery of line variation and definitely of perspective. I love how dynamic his works look just by correct cross-hatching/ shading, and the thickness of his lines or the use of different pencil strengths:





Beautiful, aren't they? He can turn ordinary things into an entirely new world. They are both mind-boggling and imaginative. I'm not one for geometrical shapes, but the way he pulls it off makes me feel less constrained and more free and chaotic, the way I like it :P Structured chaos . . . .