Category: Tools and Techniques
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Overcoming Creative Block (Scott Hansen)
Scott Hansen, an artist and musician based in San Francisco, has posted an article on his blog iso50 called Overcoming Creative Block, in which he has asked 25 artists, writers, musicians and other creative professionals “What do you do to inspire your creativity when you find yourself in a rut?”. Along with those responses, there…
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Directory of Figure Drawing Sessions
One of the best decisions I ever made as an artist after I got out of art school was to return to drawing the figure from life in regular sessions. Few practices are as challenging or rewarding for an artist as drawing the human form. The great traditions of Western art are founded on it…
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Your First Print: a introduction to Japanese Woodblock Printmaking
Your First Print is a rich media eBook by David Bull. Bull is an English born Canadian printmaker, now living in working in Japan, who has an extraordinary devotion to the art and craft of Japanese woodblock printing. That devotion is evident not only in his own work, but in his study of the art,…
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Milton Glaser Draws and Lectures
Milton Glaser is one of the most influential graphic designers of the last 50 years. Even if you haven’t heard his name, you’ve probably seen his work, from his iconic Dylan poster to his “I (heart) NY” design (yes, that one). Glaser has had a significant impact on design and illustration. He has new book…
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Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist
There are hundreds of art instruction books out there, with a wide range of topics, approaches and degrees of value, but Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist by renowned painter, illustrator and Dinotopia artist James Gurney, is exceptional in several ways. Before I go too far, I’ll point out that although this is…
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Donato Giancola paints “The Mechanic”
Donato Giancola, the renowned science fiction and fantasy illustrator that I wrote about previously last year and in 2005, has a new instructional DVD (more details here), published by Massive Black Media, in which the camera follows him through the creation of “The Mechanic” (larger version here), an painting that was created specifically for the…