Mark Powell uses nothing but a simple Bic Biro ballpoint pen to create incredibly detailed [drawings]... His aim is to portray what can be produced with the most basic tool whilst creating a relationship between the canvas and image.... Why Bic biro? It’s two things really. It’s just to show what you can actually do with the simplest things. It’s the most basic thing I could find. And it’s the challenge as well. If you make a mistake you destroy two things: the drawing and the document. I like that pressure to get it right. Some of your work incorporates birds. Is this for any reason? Yes - the birds represent freedom and a flight path. People go nuts for the birds. I think its because I don’t have many of them. (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ben-j-cotton/mark-powell-artist_b_3477697.html)