Lines and Colors art blog

Month: February 2006

  • Stephen Wiltshire – memory drawing

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    Here’s a question for those of you who draw from life: How often and how long do you look at your subject when drawing? Do you look up at the model or scene frequently, grabbing a fresh impression for each tiny bit of drawing, or do you take in as much as you can in…

  • Jamie Baker

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    Sometimes I have trouble finding the right words to describe someone’s artwork, but in Jamie Baker’s case a word just jumps right out. His stuff is just plain fun. Click through his Folio and you’ll find dozens of loopy, over-the-top characters, creatures and scenes drawn in a breezy, confident style and laced with liberal doses…

  • Douglas Henderson

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    Dinosaurs get all the attention in paleo art, and not surprisingly so. What else is so dramatic and visually arresting? But paleontological artists deal with many other aspects of recreating the appearance of prehistoric life. There are numerous other prehistoric animals that preceded, followed or co-existed with the dinosaurs. (The main animal in the image…

  • Complexification (Jared Tarbell)

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    There are always some people who, when I say I do digital art, assume that I somehow press a few keys and the computer “makes art” for me. Even after patiently explaining that I draw and paint on the computer with a stylus in much the same way I draw with traditional materials, I can…

  • Don Seegmiller

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    Don Seegmiller is one of those delightful artists that I have a hard time choosing a representative image for. If you go into the “Traditional Art” gallery on his site you’ll find his straightforward and nicely handled oil paintings of figures. Once into the Digital Art gallery, you’ll begin to see a mixture of colorful…

  • David Horsey

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    Editorial cartoonists are usually noted for their point of view and their ability to point out the foibles and absurdities of our political and social institutions. I also take particular note of them, however, just for their drawings. Some editorial cartoonists are among the best cartoon illustrators we have. A case in point is David…