Category: Reviews
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Gouache in the Wild, James Gurney
Unfairly overlooked among artists’ mediums, gouache is the neglected stepchild of watercolor — disdained by transparent watercolor purists (who I can’t help but picture as cartoon aristocrats, painting with their pinkie fingers extended), and looked at in confusion by oil and acrylic painters. (“Gouache? Isn’t that for designers? You know — illustrators?“) For those who…
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The Tale of How book rereleased
Since 2006, I’ve been following the fascinatingly idiosyncratic work of South African artist and illustrator Ree Treweek. Treweek, along with animator/filmmaker Jannes Hendrikz and composer Marcus Smit, are collectively known as The Blackheart Gang. The group achieved notice for their deliriously quirky and beautiful animated short The Tale of How. They went from there to…
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Daily Painting, Carol Marine
I’ve been following the “daily painting” phenomenon since 2005, when I wrote about a blog called A Painting a Day by Virginia painter Duane Keiser. Keiser had committed himself to painting one small painting each day and posting it to his blog. I commented at the time that I thought this was a terrific idea,…
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Discovering Dinosaurs, Walters & Kissinger
There is something particularly fascinating about dinosaurs and dinosaur art. Here are the dragons and monsters of myth and story, but actually real — science with all the dazzle and mystery of fantasy. Those of us who remember a fascination with dinosaurs as children, whether or not we have been fortunate enough to keep it…
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Inga Moore
British illustrator Inga Moore moved with her family to Australia when she was eight, but a fondness for the English countryside never left her, as she grew up reading books with British illustrators. When she returned to England as an adult, and after a time working in various positions in London, she moved out to…
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James Gurney’s Watercolor in the Wild
I was delighted to receive a review copy of Watercolor in the Wild, a new instructional video by painter/illustrator/author James Gurney. Watercolor is both an inviting and challenging medium. One of its most compelling features is the easy portability of a basic watercolor painting kit, allowing an artist to paint in a variety of places…