Landscapes and Leben...

One of the more interesting of contemporary pen and ink artists is John Leben, whose renderings are exampled here, clearly showing the extend one can do in the values pertaining to effective visualizations...

Note the effectiveness in utilizing the dark of the inner trees to push out the fore, both in the trunks and branches, and the buildings - and how the white of the sail pulls the boat away from the dark of the rear...

and how the strong light/dark contrasts on the palms bring then away from the surrounding vegetation and sand...

While I do not think much of his use of the sky, the setting sun is otherwise very effectively rendered, with the chairs silhouetted well and anchored to the sand...

And the water reflection is very illusional, with the sunlit fore leaves very effectively framing and giving depth to the scene...