By Justin Ger...
Monday, 30 April 2012
Sunday, 29 April 2012
-By JJ PalencarA few months ago, the company Mont Blanc, makers of fine writing instruments and timepieces held a competition titled “The Beauty of a Second”. The challenge was to create a film lasting only one second. Mont Blanc created this competition to celebrate the 190th anniversary of the chronograph. The resultant one second clips (films) are truly inspiring. Strung together they make for a wistful experience. As artists and illustrators...
Friday, 27 April 2012
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
-DonatoOnce every couple of months I love to take a Friday afternoon and evening off from the studio and stroll through the Metropolitan Museum of Art and see some old 'friends', and discover some new ones.It is always a wonderful visit, with a quartet playing in the main lobby entry hall, and most of the crowds off to dinner. For not everyone realizes that the Met is open until 9pm on Friday and Saturday. It is an excellent time to...
-Jesper EjsingIt still feels like I just got back from the beautiful Stockholm. Even if it was already 2 days ago. I was teaching at a workshop there, called Northern Light. My great partners in crime of teaching were Petar Meseldzija and Justin Gerard. The reason why it feels like I am still kind of there, is because I brought one of the teacher back home with me.These days I am enjoying the company of Justin at the studio. We are painting...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Monday, 23 April 2012
For those in the NYC area, the Microvisions 7 exhibit is currently hanging at the Society of Illustrators. In just a few days, the auction for these miniature works will go live. All profits from the auction will go to scholarships for deserving art students across the country. Thus far, the Microvisions auction has raised over $35,000 these students.The auction will go live on Ebay this Saturday, April 26th at 7pm EST.If it is anything like...
-by Arnie FennerSince John Jude recently gave a nod to Mark English here at MC, I thought I'd shine the spotlight on one of Mark's contemporaries, Robert E. McGinnis. I've talked about him before and I'll be delighted to talk about him again: I grew up a fan of Bob's mystery covers and movie posters (particularly those for the James Bond films) and consider myself lucky to have worked with him on his first art book, Tapestry, and a calendar in 2006.Renowned...
Thursday, 19 April 2012
-By Petar MeseldzijaThe Frost Giants, oil on mdf board, 65 X 50 cm / 25 1/2 X 19 1/2 inchThe Frost Giants painting is finallyfinished. It has been a gigantic struggle, partly because of the sudden and significant shift in the composition,that took place due to the change of the background; and partly because of the fact that I was notable to work on this painting in one piece, but had to interrupt the processmany times. It was a real...
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