Sunny Apinchapong-Yang was born in Thailand to Chinese parents, studied art in the U.S. at Art Center College of Design and California State University, LA; and later studied with the renowned Russian-American painter Sergei Bongart. He went on to become Bongart’s assistant at his L.A. school as well as at his summer workshops in Idaho.

Apinchapong-Yang has worked as a visual development artist for studios like Disney, Dreamworks, Sony Animation and Don Bluth, while continuing to pursue his gallery and plein air painting, as well as conducting workshops.

You can see bit of his visual development art on the Creative Talent Network. Apinchapong-Yang’s blog is devoted to his painting, which shows the kind lively brushwork and beautiful handling of color that make evident his dedicated study with Bongart.

Apinchapong-Yang has recently completed a successful Kickstarter project to produce a book of his paintings. No announcement yet, however, about when it will go to print.

Koo Schadler is a contemporary artist who favors techniques that were common in Medieval and early Renaissance art, but are not in wide use today, notably egg tempera painting and silverpoint drawing.

Though both mediums have their modern adherents, they are demanding in a way that many artists do not find appealing. Schadler, however, is drawn to their unique properties and the subtle effects both provide.

Her website offers a selection of her work, unfortunately reproduced frustratingly small, given the apparent level of attention paid to detail, with little hint of their surface qualities. You can, however, see her subtle approach to value and color. You can find somewhat larger images on the sites of galleries in which she is represented, listed below.

Her website also includes a section on the history and techniques of egg tempera and silverpoint, and she has written a book on Egg Tempera Painting that is available from the site.

Schadler’s work will be on display as part of an exhibition at the Southern Ohio Museum titled “Fast Forward to the Renaissance”, that will run from October 12 to December 30, 2013.