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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, ...
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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 ...
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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
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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.
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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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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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Upcoming Schedule Reminder
Hey people! here’s the rundown of where and when I’ll be somewhere in the wilds of America. July 30, 2011 Bristol Renaissance Fair Plein Air Painting Event and Auction I’ll be painting on location and 2 of my paintings will be available for auction to help a charity. August 4-7 Gen Con I’ll have a booth in ...
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Figurative Illustration Workshop
Figurative Illustration Workshop. I’m really excited to announce a new workshop I will be running starting in June. The end of May marks the end of the TOJO Gallery space where I had my studio. I’m moving into a new studio and my friends have created a new studio space as well, Platform Studios. I ran some ...
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Salvation Army Store
Oil on panel. 6×8. Painted during the workshop I took this summer with my good friend Scott Tallman Powers. When I sat down at first I was a few feet away from the spot I painted from and the Sears Tower (Willis Tower) wasn’t in view. I moved over closer to a tree for some ...
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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 ...