{"id":1856,"date":"2018-08-04T15:37:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T22:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2018-08-06T14:09:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T21:09:45","slug":"ed-fairburn-portraits-on-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn-portraits-on-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Fairburn &#8211; Portraits on Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portrait artist Ed Fairburn&nbsp;works&nbsp;with ink and pencil on&nbsp;maps. He primarily uses two techniques to create value (light\/dark):&nbsp;crosshatching between streets (which preserves the layout of towns and cities),&nbsp;and following and manipulating the weighting of contours (the organic lines which show elevation). More info and work on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edfairburn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ed Fairburn&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-6ac030491b3235a20101b2ef37249931-1856\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-554\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Norwich_ink.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Ed Fairburn, Norwich (Ink)\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6ac030491b3235a20101b2ef37249931\" data-image-id=\"554\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Norwich_ink.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Norwich_ink.jpg-nggid03554-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Norwich_ink\" data-description=\"Ed Fairburn, Norwich (Ink)\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Norwich_ink\" alt=\"Norwich_ink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Norwich_ink.jpg-nggid03554-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='100' height='100' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-555\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Swindon_ink.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Ed Fairburn, Swindon (Ink)\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6ac030491b3235a20101b2ef37249931\" data-image-id=\"555\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Swindon_ink.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Swindon_ink.jpg-nggid03555-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Swindon_ink\" data-description=\"Ed Fairburn, Swindon (Ink)\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Swindon_ink\" alt=\"Swindon_ink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Swindon_ink.jpg-nggid03555-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='100' height='100' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-550\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Brusells_ink.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Ed Fairburn, Brussels (Ink)\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6ac030491b3235a20101b2ef37249931\" data-image-id=\"550\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Brusells_ink.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Brusells_ink.jpg-nggid03550-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Brusells_ink\" data-description=\"Ed Fairburn, Brussels (Ink)\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Brusells_ink\" alt=\"Brusells_ink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Brusells_ink.jpg-nggid03550-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='100' height='100' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-552\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Denver-Southbound_ink.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Ed Fairburn, Denver Southbound (Ink)\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6ac030491b3235a20101b2ef37249931\" data-image-id=\"552\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Denver-Southbound_ink.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Denver-Southbound_ink.jpg-nggid03552-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Denver-Southbound_ink\" data-description=\"Ed Fairburn, Denver Southbound (Ink)\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Denver-Southbound_ink\" alt=\"Denver-Southbound_ink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Denver-Southbound_ink.jpg-nggid03552-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='100' height='100' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-553\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/LunerSee_Austria_ink.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Ed Fairburn, Luner See\/Austria (Ink)\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6ac030491b3235a20101b2ef37249931\" data-image-id=\"553\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/LunerSee_Austria_ink.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/LunerSee_Austria_ink.jpg-nggid03553-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"LunerSee_Austria_ink\" data-description=\"Ed Fairburn, Luner See\/Austria (Ink)\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"LunerSee_Austria_ink\" alt=\"LunerSee_Austria_ink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/LunerSee_Austria_ink.jpg-nggid03553-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='100' height='100' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-551\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Colorado-Geological_pencil.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Ed Fairburn, Colorado Geological (Pencil)\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6ac030491b3235a20101b2ef37249931\" data-image-id=\"551\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Colorado-Geological_pencil.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Colorado-Geological_pencil.jpg-nggid03551-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" data-title=\"Colorado-Geological_pencil\" data-description=\"Ed Fairburn, Colorado Geological (Pencil)\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img title=\"Colorado-Geological_pencil\" alt=\"Colorado-Geological_pencil\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Colorado-Geological_pencil.jpg-nggid03551-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" width='100' height='100' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-556\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Windermere_pencil.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Ed Fairburn, Windermere (Pencil)\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"6ac030491b3235a20101b2ef37249931\" data-image-id=\"556\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/Windermere_pencil.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.bugeyed.ca\/school\/ed-fairburn\/cache\/Windermere_pencil.jpg-nggid03556-ngg0dyn-100x100x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\" 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He primarily uses two techniques to create value (light\/dark):&nbsp;crosshatching between streets (which preserves the layout of towns and cities),&nbsp;and following and manipulating the weighting of contours (the organic lines which show elevation). 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