Khenra Scrapper

-By Jesper Ejsingpencil sketch with values and a bit of color to explain the light. This illustration is a for Magic the Gathering of the set called Hour of Devastation. It is a Jackal warrior wielding small knives in an aggressive pose. A simple art description.Therefore I decided to make a simple portrait solution. The sketch I submitted asked only for one small change namely the collar that would look too much like a feature from another...

Drawing Feet

-By Ron LemenI simplified this dialog to the drawings.  This started off as a rant against the HUGE problem with every one of my anatomy students these days, the problem with drawing feet. Somewhere out there is some misinformation, or alternative truths that seem to be popular to the newbie art student, but need to go missing forever please.  I have created some pages of useful information that need to be put out there into the system....

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Brian Sanders

-By Greg Ruth"It's like Bernie Fuchs and Bill Sienkiewicz had a a baby!" is the first thing I thought when I first discovered the massive ppol of art over the last sixty odd years of Brian Sanders' long career. There's a defined fluidity here I will always chase and never catch and his ability to craft the real without ever undermining the abstract is unparalleled. Like Fuchs, Sanders has an incredible gift for maximizing the narrative of the images...

Making Your Own Wet Painting Carrier

-By Dan dos SantosOver the years, I've had to carry a LOT of wet paintings around.Lots of times I do demos at workshops, and I have to get the painting back home. Or a book cover job is due, and I have to deliver a wet painting to a client. Either way, I need a way of transporting that wet image safely.In my experience, you're usually better off with a painting holder tailor-made for the specific painting you want to carry.I feel the wet painting...

John Howe - Drawings

- by Donato GiancolaThe concept artist and illustrator John Howe recently opened an exhibition of his latest, personal works in Paris at the Arludik Gallery, May 11 - July 8, 2017www.arludik.com/These new show includes dozens of pencil drawings and a handful of watercolors executed in Howe's luminous technique.  His drawings seem carved from mists and ethereal wisps, so delicate is his touch and control of value to describe form and mood. ...

IMC- Day 1

- by Scott FischerSome behind the scenes action from day one of IMC 2017. www.artimc.orgIMC is quite possibly the most intense and awesome week of the year for many involved. I've had the privilege of being a core faculty member of the IMC for the past 10 years along with Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Donato Giancola, Dan Dos Santos, Greg Manchess, Irene Gallo and our founder. Our beating heart. Our true north, Rebecca Leveille Guay.Special artist...