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ImagineFX Sketch Jam Feature
My Figurative Illustration Workshop highlighted in the January 2012 issue of the amazing ImagineFX magazine. I just really wanted to thanks all the folks who come out to the workshop and to Platform Studios whom hosts us and of course all the models too! Clicking the image should link to the hi-res one for ...
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Figurative Illustration Workshop: December schedule – Stormtrooper
Figurative Illustration Workshop: December schedule – Stormtrooper. A stormtroper will be invading Platform Studios for this months FIW. I’ve also added a non-spammy newsletter signup. Follow the link for more info!
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FIW 6 – Spearwoman
At the last Figurative Illustration Workshop we drew and painted the Spearwoman. I was totally inspired by my friend, Felipe Echevarria. He has a book of Spearwomen paintings that I just love. Thankfully our model was just as excited about the project as I was. It wasn’t nearly as involved as the zombie makeup but ...
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Critique over Livestream with Awesome Horse Studios
Tonight we crit this piece by a young lady who goes by V-LKRY on conceptart.org, a Blind Deaf Acid Spitter. I wanted to keep as much of her idea as possible and just focus on a better image overall concentrating on value and color. The download should be available soon on the Awesome Horse Studios ...
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Zombies!
At my Figurative Illustration Workshop we drew and painted zombies. I had two great SFX makeup artists come in to work on the model, Scott Mitchell and Justine Losoya. They did a tag team makeup application and made one heck of an awesome zombie with the short time they had to work. A full house ...
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Figurative Illustration Workshop – Matador
At the last FIW we drew and painted the model in a matador costume. I was totally inspired by the painting by Manet of Mademoiselle V. The group had such a blast with this subject. Referenced Links: Painting of Mlle. V in the Costume of an Espada
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Figurative Illustration Workshop: FIW on the road!
On Friday the 19th I’ll be painting from a live costumed model at the Museumathon event at the Kenosha Public Museum. Part of the event is to celebrate the Fantastic Worlds Exhibit; Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art in which I have a painting on display. The event is free! I hope you can make it. ...
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FIW no.1 – Astronaut Chad
This was our first model at the Figurative Illustration Workshop in a space suit used in an upcoming series called L5. Chad is an awesome guy, and a vet with some great stories. The study is an oil on panel, about 9×12. Figurative Illustration Workshop L5 Series
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Artdepth sketch night @ Evil Olive
I went to the Artdepth sketch night at Evil Olive down the street from my studio last night. On Tuesday nights I have a figure drawing session at the studio from 7-9:30pm. The Artdepth event started at 10pm. The cool things was that we were providing our drawing horses for them to use and our ...
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Depth
I’ve been going to the Drawing Workshop for a few years now. I started with doing a few cast studies (that took about a year for two). Then I transitioned into the Visual Vocabulary classes. I’ve been building in clay the skeleton bit by bit. I’ve just recently completed the entire spine built in clay ...
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PLein Air City Painting Workshop – Day Two and Three
Day Two: We spent day two at the busy, busy six corners area of Wicker Park. The area has a six corners intersection, an el stop and a park with the block. Very much a deep end of the pool to paint in environment wise. Scott did a demo across from the park painting ...
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Plein Air City Painting Workshop – Day One
Yesterday I started a 4 day workshop with my friend and former classmate Scott Tallman Powers. We spent the morning in Uptown watching a few demos and went over some key tips specific to painting in the city outdoors. Even covering how to deal with people. After we broke for lunch I got started on ...