FS No. 219 – Jessie

This was a portrait demo for the Awesome horse Studios Livestream. We’re moving to Wednesdays! Check us out. I used a limited palette for this demo: Titanium White Yellow Ochre Transparent Red Oxide Permanent Red Violet Viridian Green

First Hidden War – BattleTech

Interior illustration for the book Historical: Liberation of Terra, Vol I, a BattleTech game book. A house Kurita Victor assault mech standing outside the gates of a hardened Star League base.

L5R: Kitsuki Daisuke

The Dragon Clan magistrate has found the evidence he needed against the Crane Clan courtier. A secret message inscribed onto a fan.

Super Workshop

Painted from life at the Figurative Illustration Workshop I hold once a month. The local comic book convention was the week after the workshop and I wanted to have some fun with a superhero. Supergirl at first seemed too easy a choice, but I just really loved the idea and ran with it.

Supergirl!

Three Onions and a Shallot

Astronaut Capt. Lewis

  Astronaut study from my Figurative Illustration Workshop. Held once a month at Platform Studios in Chicago. Captain Lewis is in the pilot episode of L5, download  the pilot and enjoy.

Figure Study No. 218

Evil Eye

The evil eye looks for you through the soul of the last sacrifice.

Advice | The ArtOrder

  New article over at ArtOrder on advice, so go there and check it out.  

Drawn Today: Podcast Episode 37 – The Sweet Spot

  We have some new voices on this episode of the Drawn Today Podcast.  Clark Huggins and Jeff Lee Johnson join Allen Douglas, Marc Scheff and Aaron Miller in a discussion about your art career “sweet spot”.  Find out what Clark’s 40 year art career plan is.  Listen to Jeff finally figure out how Skype ...

Baroness Ravenna Nelson

A commissioned character portrait for a baroness in the BattleTech universe. It was fun to dig into my Sargent books for some inspiration.

I just paid for my first table, now what? | The ArtOrder

A new article has been added to The ArtOrder about what to do when you get your first convention table.    

Figure Study No. 216

This 30 minute study was painted during a short filming of our drawing group at Platform Studios for a Breathing Space piece to be aired on Super Soul Sunday on the OWN Network. Most of our drawings were with the model clothed. But at the end of the session the videographer was getting certain shots ...

Michael Van Zeyl’s Palette

Michael Van Zeyls Palette has been added to my palette blog.  

Descendant of Yig

Descendant of Yig – Call of Cthulhu

  This is a piece I did for the Call of Cthulhu Trading Card Game. I was surprised to find out they liked it so much it is on one of the box covers. How cool is that to find out. More info about the Yig.  

Phil’s Last Stand – Plein Air

Plein air painted with the Plein Air Painters of Chicago group that meets every Saturday. While setting up for this session a man behind me seemed to have gone into cardiac arrest and needed an ambulance quickly.  

Toy Huntress Workshop

  During the January Figurative Illustration Workshop I organized a costume for a personal project I plan on doing a series of. I thought how perfect to bring my project to this setting. The workshop was almost completely shut down by a blizzard. So many artists were looking forward to the workshop, so I’ve planned ...

Toy Huntress Demo – Awesome Horse Studios

This version of Kisma was painted as a demo for Awesome Horse Studios. You can watch me and the other four horsemen working from my reference shoot. I took these reference shots at my Figurative Illustration Workshop help monthly at Platform Studios in Chicago. Watch the demo Check out the workshop