Scratchboard Artwork by Ed Sanborn

Collectibles : Holiday, Seasonal : Scratchboard Art Ed Sanborn Bringing Home The Christmas Tree

 

A trio of Scratchboard Drawings by Ed Sanborn, each signed by the artist, exploring three different seasons in this artwork style. The three pictures have been framed in a simple black frame with white matting to capture the individual scenarios. The full frame measures 13 ¼” x 6 ¼” and each of the cameo scenes are approximately 3 ½” x 3 ¾”.

The first scenario shows a parent & child bringing home the Christmas Tree. There’s a light snowfall along the roadway as they walk through the town street to home.

The second scene is in mid-autumn... the haystacks are bound up in the field like a miniature forest; the moon is full and shinning on the snow tops of the mountain range in behind the farm house and buildings.

The final scene brings to mind the still nights in July when the river runs quiet like rich coffee through the valley, the trees are in full summer dress and distantly are the town houses tagged along the bottom of the foothills in the mountains.

Scratchboard art is an interesting element to work in and an artist needs to have patience, skill and the ability to bring a scene alive in black and white. Ed Sanborn has down that with all three pictures.. you could be there standing, watching, and a part of that moment on any night, in any century!

The actual technique of scratchboard artwork is special. The artist starts with a canvas of black and through an intensive approach scratches the black away leaving the white (or slightly gray) depths behind to create their picture. It’s the reverse of pen and ink sketches and to my view has a similar effect but I think would require more artistic skill and an extensive demand on the artist’s time and vision.

Item ID: RL 28