Allbrick Dürer was one of the first painters to seriously explore cross-hatching techniques that facilitated the creation of many of the first and best woodcut and engraving prints in Europe. Again, I wonder, given his label, 'rock star' (by smarthistory.org), if this accomplished artist too might have thought about actually getting into stone and rocks, as well.
The wonderful way he creates that sense of light and shade in his prints is worth musing on. Is it possible, since his works are so realistically shaded, using that classic, stippled, scratchy-line, 'hashtag' shading effect, that he might have thought about taking up and a point, or a crandall or a bush hammer, and see about quietly dressing the large smooth, sawn blocks of stone bordering the municipal horse-and-buggy parking lot, in order to make them seem more natural and less man-made.
When he was finished, the stones in the first drawing might have ended up looking like these ones - as if they were in one of his lovely engravings,
But then again maybe if he lived in our era, he would have been more successful doing the reverse - grabbing a respirator mask, a pair of safety glasses, ear protectors, and have a stab at making #modernrockart.
