John Virtue is contemporary British artist known monochromatic drawings of various different locations around Europe. His work is very unique as he uses different dark mark making to create interesting piece of landscape work which captures the moment he was in.
Below is the picture I have chosen to look more into, his work is definitely unique and not something I see a lot in my usual research artists. 
I chose this piece which is an urban scene of London, I thought this would be a good choice to show off his different style of expressing large landscapes and buildings. I like the way he uses the ink to drip down from the buildings, I think this gives an interesting and different style to his work and it’s his own mark on the art. I think his work gives off a dark and urban style of look, it’s quite a hazy image but you can still tell exactly what he is trying to show off. I like his different mark making throughout and the way he can show off the different tones in the buildings making it more effective. I like the urban look and how he has shown off the different shadows and landscape.
All in all I do like his work, I don’t think it is my style, but I would like to experiment with using bold colouring like this and still trying to make it look tonal like this artist, I like the drips down the page, it makes an effective look and brings more atmosphere to the picture. I do think I will look into showing different ways of drawing and creating art with landscapes instead of a typical sketch. I am going to take inspiration from all of these artists in my future work.
Sophie's OCA Art Work 