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Month: September 2010

  • Pyle’s Pirates

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    Avast ye swabs! Now how could I be lettin’ International Talk Like a Pirate Day pass without usin’ it proper to serve up some pirate pictures by Mister Howard Pyle, ARRRRRRguably the rootenest tootenest pirate illustrator of ’em all! There’ be a book of ’em, y’know! There be a good boatload of ’em on 100…

  • The Lost Thing animated short

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    The Lost Thing is a wonderful children’s book by Australian artist Shaun Tan, with an unusual story and a unique look. With the help of co-director Andrew Ruhemann and a small production team, Tan has been working for several years to bring the book to life as a 15 minute animated short. It was finally…

  • Steve Hanks

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    Steve Hanks is a well known watercolor artist whose subject matter frequently focuses on female figures in interiors or landscapes. His subjects’ ages vary, from babies to women, as do their situations; some are nude studies, some evocative of mother and child tenderness, others children at play or women languidly posed on couches or beds.…

  • Compositional / Visual Clarity with Bill Perkins

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    Compositional / Visual Clarity with Bill Perkins is a one day workshop scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday September 19, 2010, at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra California. Th workshop will focus on the role of composition in achieving visual clarity in storytelling. That may sound dry, but the real goal is more exciting images; clarity is a…

  • ArtRage 3 Studio Pro

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    An increasing number of artists, even those firmly committed to working in traditional media, are discovering the value of adding digital painting and drawing tools to their repertoire. The transition can be daunting, though, with some artists feeling intimidated by what they perceive as complex and expensive digital art tools and the implied learning curve.…

  • Themistocles von Eckenbrecher

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    Karl Paul Themistocles von Eckenbrecher (sometimes spelled Themistokles) was a German landscape and marine artist active in the late 19th and early 20 centuries. Born to a German Father and Italian mother while they were traveling in Athens, he he was largely schooled by private tutors as they traveled and moved often. The family eventually…