Author: cparker
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Eye Candy for Today: Andrew Wyeth drybrush & watercolor
Flat Boat, Andrew Wyeth Watercolor and drybrush, roughly 22 x 29 inches (56 x 74 cm). Image and link is from a 2013 Christie’s auction sale. While I don’t always respond as strongly to his more formal and conceptual works, I very much like Andrew Wyeth’s watercolors and drybrush watercolors, in which he is just…
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Self-portraits #14
Another in my series of posts of artists’ self-portraits. The series started when I got tired of hearing about “selfies”, and came out with an attitude of “You want selfies? I show you some selfies!”, but gradually relaxed into an ongoing series based on variety. (Images above, links to my posts: Ivan Shishkin, Laura Johnson…
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Andrew Davidson
in an age of digital illustration, Andrew Davidson is a UK illustrator who uses some of the most traditional illustration techniques from previous centuries, wood engraving, color woodcuts and gouache painting. The result is a delightful blend of traditional and contemporary sensibilities. Some of his wood engravings, in particular, have a great feeling of illustration…
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Eye Candy for Today: Chardin’s Young Student Drawing
Young Student Drawing, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Oil on panel, roughly 8 x 7 inches (21 x 17 cm). Link is to zoomable version on Google Art project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth. French 18th century master Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin was noted for his still life paintings, and also…
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James Gurney’s Painting Animals from Life
James Gurney has an uncanny ability to take on challenging painting subjects, and then make his methods clear and easy to understand in low cost, high quality instructional videos. In his newest video, Painting Animals from Life, he tackles the problems of painting animal subjects that move and change position, and shows how to successfully…
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Eye Candy for Today: Carlo Ferrario pencil drawing
A Natural Stone Arch Beside the Sea, Carlo Ferrario Pencil on paper; roughly 8 x 12 inches (21 x 31 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. 19th century artist Carlo Ferrario is known for his drawings for the designs of operatic stage sets. This drawing is a natural scene, possibly…