Nick Fury workshop

The theme of my latest workshop was The Avengers’ Nick Fury. Our model had the full costume and lots of fun props. I opted for no jacket during the long pose. The outfit underneath had a lot of character to it. I was hoping the eye patch was enough to place the character. I’m sure ...

Pris

In August I choose Pris from the movie Bladerunner for the theme at my workshop. I was able to find an awesome wig that was close to what was in the movie. I actually like the one I found better. We tore up some makeup to create the doll look. Pris wasn’t a doll in ...

Faun paintings from my recent workshop

  At the Figurative Illustration Workshop the June theme was the “faun” or “satyr”. The costume came together almost without a hitch. There was a last minute dash to track down a UPS truck that had the horns 30 minutes before the workshop was to start – whew! Tim and Brittany brought their dog, Maggie, ...

Black Swan

  The Black Swan was the theme for the latest Figurative Illustration Workshop. I painted a “white” swan earlier for a charity auction. When I was returning a costume for an illustration commission they showed me they had just put the Black Swan into the retal stock and I knew right then we were going ...

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

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.

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

Demo of David’s Eye

One of the fantastic projects I work on is the online workshops with Awesome Horse Studios. Most of our content revolves around live streaming digital techniques. As a painter I had been craving a solution to streaming content of me painting traditionally. At the moment a video camera is not in my budget. I did ...

Stormtrooper Studies

In December I was able to get a Stormtrooper into my Figurative Illustration Workshop. We had a “blast”! I had some need for the reference for a current job and thought it was the perfect opportunity to really wrap the workshop around a current job. It seemed to be a real hit with the group.

The Toy Hunter – January Schedule

The theme this month is Kisma, Toy Hunter. Those cute, cuddly, soft, and fuzzy creatures are dangerous and need to hunted down. Figurative Illustration Workshop Friday January 20 hosted @ Platform Studios 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm 1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 304 Chicago, IL 60622 $20 cash or credit. If you have any questions ...