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https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2022/12/one-lovely-drawing-part-68.html?showComment=1671846768543 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 68 On my recent visit to the Norman Rockwell Museum I lucked into their exhibition of Norman Rockwell Drawings . There, I was particularly ... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/07/paper-verse-2_16.html?showComment=1405543374219&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: PAPER, verse 2 Millions of generations of trees have disintegrated into the forest floor. The forest neither mourns nor remembers a single twig. And ... illustration art paper verse https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-window-as-compositonal-device.html?showComment=1670942516607 ILLUSTRATION ART: WHEN IS A TREE THE SAME AS A DOG? The Transversal Law of Pictures says: a log can serve the same function as a dog. Andrew Wyeth began this painting featuring a dog.... ..... illustration art the same tree dog https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/11/new-book-on-art-of-richard-thompson.html?showComment=1416839840750 ILLUSTRATION ART: NEW BOOK ON THE ART OF RICHARD THOMPSON If you hear a fanfare of celestial trumpets this week, it might just be for the release of the new book, The Art of Richard Thompson ... illustration art new book richard thompson https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2007/01/ ILLUSTRATION ART: January 2007 illustration art january https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2025/01/not-jesus-but-muscle.html?showComment=1738009056429&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: INAUGURATION WEEK: BODYBUILDER JESUS I find Boris Vallejo's painting of bodybuilder Jesus hilarious. It's hard to imagine a picture more clueless about who Jesus was, what he ... illustration art inauguration week bodybuilder jesus https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/07/danger-in-path.html?showComment=1248206468838 ILLUSTRATION ART: DANGER IN THE PATH A mediocre painter who wants to portray danger on the road ahead is likely to spell it out, portraying the ominous cliff and perhaps even ... illustration art in the danger path https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2025/04/uglys-got-nothing-to-do-with-it.html?showComment=1744295290114 ILLUSTRATION ART: UGLY'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT In recent weeks, I've received an increasing percentage of comments criticizing pictures for featuring "ugly" people or "evil" themes, rath... nothing to do illustration art ugly got https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2025/04/uglys-got-nothing-to-do-with-it.html?showComment=1744824425196 ILLUSTRATION ART: UGLY'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT In recent weeks, I've received an increasing percentage of comments criticizing pictures for featuring "ugly" people or "evil" themes, rath... nothing to do illustration art ugly got https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2015/06/recent-developments-in-parasitology.html?showComment=1434602798256 ILLUSTRATION ART: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PARASITOLOGY Parasitology is the scientific study of parasites-- creatures that attach themselves to free-living species and suck blood and other nutri... illustration art recent developments parasitology https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-one-secret-provensens-kept.html?showComment=1409403484350 ILLUSTRATION ART: THE ONE SECRET THE PROVENSENS KEPT I am a big fan of the work of children's book illustrators Martin and Alice Provensen. . I especially love their beauti... illustration art the one secret kept https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2007/09/repin.html?showComment=1210095120000 ILLUSTRATION ART: REPIN One reason to take a second look at the great Russian illustrator Illya Repin is that art critic Clement Greenberg didn't think Repin was wo... illustration art repin https://illustrationartgallery.blogspot.com/2011/03/ted-benoit.html Illustration Art Gallery: Ted Benoit Ted Benoit has, since the 1980s, been a prominent artist working in the ligne claire style made popular in the pages of the Franco-Belgian ... illustration art gallery ted benoit https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/07/skin.html?showComment=1247152880239&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: SKIN Andrew Wyeth There may be no better test of what's inside an artist than their response to what's on our surface. The drama of human flesh h... illustration art skin https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2013/02/delaware-exhibition-ralph-eggleston.html ILLUSTRATION ART: DELAWARE EXHIBITION: RALPH EGGLESTON This post is one in a series on the artists featured in the upcoming exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum, State of the Art: Illustration ... illustration art delaware exhibition ralph eggleston https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2018/04/one-lovely-drawing-part-57.html?showComment=1524856360931 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 57 I love this very cool drawing of a tyrannosaurus rex by Ike, age 6. I spotted it at an art exhibition at Sarah Lawrence College in... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-gratuitous-julian-schnabel-painting.html?showComment=1589242032708&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: A GRATUITOUS JULIAN SCHNABEL PAINTING I had no interest in posting a picture by celebrity artist Julian Schnabel. Then I read the following in the New Art Examiner : Wishing t... illustration art julian schnabel gratuitous painting https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2007/01/art-and-computers-importance-of-object.html?showComment=1169507880000 ILLUSTRATION ART: ART AND COMPUTERS: THE IMPORTANCE OF AN "OBJECT" The great illustrator Dean Cornwell applied oil paint like he was buttering a croissant. I see this painting every day, and the pleasure I t... illustration art computers importance object https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2018/04/one-lovely-drawing-part-57.html?showComment=1525100079661 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 57 I love this very cool drawing of a tyrannosaurus rex by Ike, age 6. I spotted it at an art exhibition at Sarah Lawrence College in... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2016/11/frank-godwin-in-colliers-in-1920s.html?showComment=1479371217152&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: FRANK GODWIN IN COLLIER'S IN THE 1920s Some of the finest ink drawing was created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in response to the invention of the modern magazine. ... illustration art frank godwin collier https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2011/02/mary-perkins-on-stage-volume-8.html?showComment=1298019366278 ILLUSTRATION ART: MARY PERKINS ON STAGE, volume 8 The newest volume of the Classic Comics Press reprint of Leonard Starr's comic strip, On Stage , has just been released and publisher Ch... illustration art mary perkins stage volume https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2019/10/words-we-should-drop-affectation.html?showComment=1755878070499&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: THE MISCEGENATION OF WORDS AND PICTURES Words are different from pictures, which might explain why they have different names. Even though words and pictures may never fully combi... illustration art miscegenation words pictures https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2015/08/one-lovely-drawing-part-48.html?showComment=1441260902527 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 48 This is a loose preliminary sketch by Bernie Fuchs for a coffee ad in the 1960s. Some people will be quick to n... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/07/greg-manchess.html?m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: GREG MANCHESS Many talented illustrators develop a style, find an audience, and enjoy a long, successful career catering to that audience. But there is ... illustration art greg https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2006/05/water.html?showComment=1149626340000 ILLUSTRATION ART: WATER Water has always presented a special challenge for artists. It has no consistent shape or color. It does not reflect light or cast shadows t... illustration art water https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/11/one-lovely-drawing-part-29.html?showComment=1259935359762 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 29 This is why your grandpa spoke with such reverence about the great Al Dorne. 1953 illustration from Colliers about six greedy, shiftless son... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2025/04/more-about-beauty-and-ugliness-in-art.html?showComment=1744886973085 ILLUSTRATION ART: MORE ABOUT BEAUTY AND UGLINESS IN ART The illustrator A.B. Frost drew with a marvelous line. He had a special knack for infusing animals with character: Note the unorthodox way ... illustration art more about beauty ugliness https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2008/04/earth-air-fire-water-and-art.html?showComment=1208380380000 ILLUSTRATION ART: EARTH, AIR, FIRE and WATER (and of course, ART) In the flickering light from ancient torches, the shadows on cave walls suggested mastodons and bulls to our prehistoric ancestors. They bec... fire and water illustration art earth air course https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-art-of-richard-thompson-part-5.html?showComment=1417384920061 ILLUSTRATION ART: THE ART OF RICHARD THOMPSON, day 5 I am pleased that this page from Richard Thompson's sketchbook is included in the new book . Although it isn't a finished drawing, I find i... illustration art richard thompson day https://illustrationartgallery.blogspot.com/2011/02/bill-baker.html Illustration Art Gallery: Bill Baker Bill Baker is one of many talented British artists lost to anonymity. Active between the 1950s and 1970s, Baker worked via the Temple Art Ag... illustration art gallery bill baker https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2012/12/elegant-comics-from-bygone-era.html?showComment=1357147308698 ILLUSTRATION ART: ELEGANT COMICS FROM A BYGONE ERA Fifty years ago, some comic strips presumed readers had a level of literacy, as well as a patience for drawings, that today's readers lack. ... illustration art elegant comics bygone era https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/05/one-lovely-drawing-part-26.html?showComment=1242780254273 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 26 The great Joseph Clement Coll (1881-1921) drew like he was conducting a symphony orchestra. From the Kelly Collection of American Illustrati... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2006/07/anvil-of-art.html ILLUSTRATION ART: THE ANVIL OF ART Young Norman Rockwell dreamed of the day he would paint as well as his idol, the great illustrator J.C. Leyendecker. Rockwell spied on Leyen... illustration art the anvil https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2025/01/not-jesus-but-muscle.html?showComment=1737737958276&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: INAUGURATION WEEK: BODYBUILDER JESUS I find Boris Vallejo's painting of bodybuilder Jesus hilarious. It's hard to imagine a picture more clueless about who Jesus was, what he ... illustration art inauguration week bodybuilder jesus https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2024/02/warring-with-trolls-part-10-violating.html?showComment=1709316473268 ILLUSTRATION ART: WARRING WITH TROLLS, part 10: VIOLATING THE SPACE TREATY "To live is to war with trolls." -- Ibsen The United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration a... illustration art the space trolls https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2011/04/mene-mene-tekel-upharsin.html?showComment=1303694025742&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: MENE, MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN The traditional recipe for a mural requires: One (1) person wealthy enough to own a big wall; and one (1) person talented enough to paint ... illustration art mene tekel https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2022/08/what-art-can-do-part-1.html?showComment=1659956216716 ILLUSTRATION ART: WHAT ART CAN DO, part 1 Maxfield Parrish's landscape of a still winter night gives us a feeling of tranquility. As you look at this picture, you're on a planet spi... illustration art can do part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2022/01/political-cartoons-part-8-richard.html ILLUSTRATION ART: POLITICAL CARTOONS part 8: RICHARD THOMPSON In my opinion, there are only two reasons why Richard Thompson isn't celebrated as one of the greatest political cartoonists. The first i... illustration art political cartoons part richard thompson https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/04/dean-cornwell-paints-newspaper.html?showComment=1399092022583&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: DEAN CORNWELL PAINTS A NEWSPAPER The following design was created by renowned international artist Jean Arp , a pioneer of abstract art and one of the founders of Dada: ... illustration art dean cornwell paints newspaper https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2022/08/what-art-can-do-part-1.html?showComment=1660676945953 ILLUSTRATION ART: WHAT ART CAN DO, part 1 Maxfield Parrish's landscape of a still winter night gives us a feeling of tranquility. As you look at this picture, you're on a planet spi... illustration art can do part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2008/04/robert-fawcetts-opinionated-drawing.html?showComment=1208359500000 ILLUSTRATION ART: ROBERT FAWCETT'S OPINIONATED DRAWING When it comes to strong, opinionated drawings, I know of no 20th century illustrator better than Robert Fawcett. He did not simply record th... illustration art robert fawcett opinionated drawing https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2011/02/last-court-painters.html?showComment=1297181372178 ILLUSTRATION ART: THE LAST COURT PAINTERS Illustrator Bernie Fuchs standing behind President Kennedy at the White House Once upon a time, kings and pharaohs sought the most tale... illustration art the last court painters https://www.nickyhooper.com/ nicky hooper | design illustration art direction | Dublin design illustration dublin ireland nicky hooper restaurant branding design illustration art direction design illustration art direction nicky hooper dublin https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/04/dean-cornwell-paints-newspaper.html?showComment=1399393174929&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: DEAN CORNWELL PAINTS A NEWSPAPER The following design was created by renowned international artist Jean Arp , a pioneer of abstract art and one of the founders of Dada: ... illustration art dean cornwell paints newspaper https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2020/05/?m=1 ILLUSTRATION ART: May 2020 illustration art may https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2012/03/one-lovely-drawing-part-40.html?showComment=1331655339407 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 40 Artists who can't draw have become emboldened by the excuse that traditional drawing skills are less relevant today. The focus of art has ... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2013/06/robert-m-cunningham.html?showComment=1372178338459 ILLUSTRATION ART: ROBERT M. CUNNINGHAM Everyone talks about the importance of "restraint" in making pictures, but restraint is only meaningful if you possess something significant... illustration art robert m cunningham https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2010/05/chained-to-goat-god-of-art.html?showComment=1274292909498 ILLUSTRATION ART: CHAINED TO THE GOAT-GOD OF ART They invented perfect beauty, those ancient Greeks. Of course people made beautiful things before the Greeks, but it was the Greeks who drea... illustration art to the chained goat god https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2011/05/background-is-only-temporary-condition.html?showComment=1306887519773 ILLUSTRATION ART: "BACKGROUND" IS ONLY A TEMPORARY CONDITION Is there such a thing as background? Or is everything really foreground? Illustrator Robert Heindel once said about his hero Bernie Fuch... illustration art background temporary condition https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-fearless-neal-adams.html?showComment=1651700817103&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: THE FEARLESS NEAL ADAMS For the last few days, the comics world has showered tributes to the great Neal Adams who passed away on April 28. There are many differen... illustration art the fearless neal adams https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2021/01/after-words-have-been-exhausted-drawing.html?showComment=1610040310897&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: AFTER WORDS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, DRAWING RETAINS ITS POWER As Donald Trump gracefully exits the presidency, the blizzard of words over the 2020 election continues unabated. Rival versions of reality... illustration art after words have been https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/10/archie-marries-veronica.html?showComment=1255101911191 ILLUSTRATION ART: ARCHIE MARRIES VERONICA Edgar Allan Poe believed that checkers is a more profound game than chess. The rules of checkers are extremely simple, he wrote, but their s... illustration art archie marries veronica https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2011/04/ode-to-contrast-verse-6.html ILLUSTRATION ART: An ODE to CONTRAST (verse 6) Because contrast is a game of extremes, it gives an artist license to cast aside nuance and embrace all kinds of lurid and gorgeous combinat... illustration art ode contrast verse https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-candidate-for-next-x-man.html?showComment=1540050205975 ILLUSTRATION ART: MY CANDIDATE FOR THE NEXT X-MAN If Professor X ever goes looking for a super powered mutant with control over color, I recommend he make a beeline for Nathan Fowkes . For... illustration art for the candidate next man https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2021/01/after-words-have-been-exhausted-drawing.html?showComment=1610048957106&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: AFTER WORDS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, DRAWING RETAINS ITS POWER As Donald Trump gracefully exits the presidency, the blizzard of words over the 2020 election continues unabated. Rival versions of reality... illustration art after words have been https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2010/04/working-drawings.html?showComment=1272546324996 ILLUSTRATION ART: WORKING DRAWINGS Watch the great Dean Cornwell collect the information he will need for a painting. Cornwell has drawn thousands of hands in thousands of pic... illustration art working drawings https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2019/11/new-patent-saves-you-from-thinking-too_29.html?showComment=1575395091880 ILLUSTRATION ART: NEW PATENT SAVES YOU FROM THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT ART Not long ago, Publishers Weekly made the following claim about the art of Jaime Hernandez: "Jaime's ability to sum up life's joy and p... thinking too much illustration art new patent saves https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/09/details-taxonomy-for-beginners.html?showComment=1254827903825 ILLUSTRATION ART: DETAILS (A TAXONOMY FOR BEGINNERS) Here's how it goes: There are details that hum and details that sing. There are details that accumulate like silt when the artist isn't pa... illustration art details taxonomy beginners https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2010/05/elbow-room.html?showComment=1275066060087 ILLUSTRATION ART: ELBOW ROOM There are artists who make great big pictures of great big subjects: Albert Bierstadt's "A Storm in the Rocky Mountains" is 12 feet wide.... illustration art elbow room https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/07/skin.html?showComment=1247013844159&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: SKIN Andrew Wyeth There may be no better test of what's inside an artist than their response to what's on our surface. The drama of human flesh h... illustration art skin https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-one-secret-provensens-kept.html?showComment=1409351111446 ILLUSTRATION ART: THE ONE SECRET THE PROVENSENS KEPT I am a big fan of the work of children's book illustrators Martin and Alice Provensen. . I especially love their beauti... illustration art the one secret kept https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2006/05/water.html?showComment=1186500540000 ILLUSTRATION ART: WATER Water has always presented a special challenge for artists. It has no consistent shape or color. It does not reflect light or cast shadows t... illustration art water https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2025/01/not-jesus-but-muscle.html?showComment=1737800404422&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: INAUGURATION WEEK: BODYBUILDER JESUS I find Boris Vallejo's painting of bodybuilder Jesus hilarious. It's hard to imagine a picture more clueless about who Jesus was, what he ... illustration art inauguration week bodybuilder jesus https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2011/08/5-artists-at-comic-con-ashley-wood.html?showComment=1312502685184&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: 5 ARTISTS AT COMIC-CON: ASHLEY WOOD Ashley Wood 's energetic pictures have spawned an entire industry. He went from drawing comic books to multinational production deals with... illustration art comic con artists ashley wood https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2017/03/new-book-life-and-art-of-bernie-fuchs.html?showComment=1490387420690 ILLUSTRATION ART: NEW BOOK: THE LIFE AND ART OF BERNIE FUCHS For those of you who have been complaining bitterly to me for years about the lack of a collection of the great art of Bernie Fuchs, your da... illustration art new book the life bernie fuchs https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2017/03/new-book-life-and-art-of-bernie-fuchs.html?showComment=1490296347385 ILLUSTRATION ART: NEW BOOK: THE LIFE AND ART OF BERNIE FUCHS For those of you who have been complaining bitterly to me for years about the lack of a collection of the great art of Bernie Fuchs, your da... illustration art new book the life bernie fuchs https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2013/06/warring-with-trolls-part-4.html?showComment=1371831782441 ILLUSTRATION ART: WARRING WITH TROLLS, part 4 "To live is to war with trolls." --Ibsen Talented illustrator Austin Briggs painted a NY Giants baseball game for the April 22, 1950 ... illustration art trolls part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2016/06/making-advertising-art-in-1950s.html?showComment=1465634990983 ILLUSTRATION ART: MAKING ADVERTISING ART IN THE 1950s In the 1950s the Maxwell Paper company commissioned a series of paintings by famous illustrators showing the process for creating advertisi... illustration art in the making advertising https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-novel-way-to-experience-old-masters.html?showComment=1556818301086&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: A NOVEL WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE OLD MASTERS The creative team of Jeff Koons and Louis Vuitton have combined their talents to give us "a novel way to experience the old masters." They... illustration art way to the old novel experience https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2021/01/after-words-have-been-exhausted-drawing.html?showComment=1610121130234&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: AFTER WORDS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, DRAWING RETAINS ITS POWER As Donald Trump gracefully exits the presidency, the blizzard of words over the 2020 election continues unabated. Rival versions of reality... illustration art after words have been https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-handful-of-thumbnails.html?showComment=1606410536679 ILLUSTRATION ART: A HANDFUL OF THUMBNAILS The thumbnail preliminary sketch is where artists first attempt to capture a spark of inspiration. Before the layers of refinement have been... illustration art handful thumbnails https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2017/10/pioneers-of-german-graphic-design.html?showComment=1508305557636 ILLUSTRATION ART: PIONEERS OF GERMAN GRAPHIC DESIGN "The early twentieth century was the most significant period of all in the development of modern design.... The design profession was born... illustration art pioneers german graphic design https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2018/04/one-lovely-drawing-part-57.html?showComment=1523721789077 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 57 I love this very cool drawing of a tyrannosaurus rex by Ike, age 6. I spotted it at an art exhibition at Sarah Lawrence College in... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/11/one-lovely-drawing-part-29.html?showComment=1260285277088 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 29 This is why your grandpa spoke with such reverence about the great Al Dorne. 1953 illustration from Colliers about six greedy, shiftless son... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/01/passing-torch.html?showComment=1231987260000&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: PASSING THE TORCH The illustrations of William A. Smith capture the mood of his era. I especially like the gritty, urban paintings he did in the 1940s and 1... illustration art passing torch https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2015/08/one-lovely-drawing-part-48.html?showComment=1441465248815 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 48 This is a loose preliminary sketch by Bernie Fuchs for a coffee ad in the 1960s. Some people will be quick to n... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/10/ ILLUSTRATION ART: October 2009 illustration art october https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2010/11/training-of-robert-fawcett.html?showComment=1289353493540 ILLUSTRATION ART: THE TRAINING OF ROBERT FAWCETT This is an unpublished student drawing by illustrator Robert Fawcett at age 19. Sketch from 1922, approximately 5" tall. In his introduction... illustration art the training robert fawcett https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2008/04/paul-coker-jr.html?showComment=1209389880000 ILLUSTRATION ART: PAUL COKER, JR. You've seen Paul Coker Jr.'s drawings all over the place-- on countless greeting cards, ads, magazines and comic books-- but when was the la... illustration art paul coker jr https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/05/one-lovely-drawing-part-26.html?showComment=1242646680000 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 26 The great Joseph Clement Coll (1881-1921) drew like he was conducting a symphony orchestra. From the Kelly Collection of American Illustrati... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-art-of-richard-thompson-day-4.html?showComment=1417232311667&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: THE ART OF RICHARD THOMPSON, day 4 I am one of those who ranks the drawn line alongside the discovery of fire and the invention of agriculture on the list of human advances. ... illustration art richard thompson day https://www.ennashop.com/ Ennashop | Illustration | Art | Gifts Discover unique artistic gifts and illustrated products at Ennashop. Explore our webshop for creative treasures and special finds today! illustration art gifts https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2019/10/robert-fawcetts-limp-figures.html?showComment=1571396092492 ILLUSTRATION ART: ROBERT FAWCETT'S LIMP FIGURES It has been a while since I've shared another reason why I like the work of illustrator Robert Fawcett. Even at the height of his caree... illustration art robert fawcett limp figures https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-lovely-drawing-part-32.html?m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 32 I love Thomas Fluharty's working drawing of Hugh Hefner: The purpose of this drawing was to capture the information Fluharty needed for an ... illustration art one lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/10/archie-marries-veronica.html?showComment=1255095331935 ILLUSTRATION ART: ARCHIE MARRIES VERONICA Edgar Allan Poe believed that checkers is a more profound game than chess. The rules of checkers are extremely simple, he wrote, but their s... illustration art archie marries veronica https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2010/05/elbow-room.html?showComment=1284490967098 ILLUSTRATION ART: ELBOW ROOM There are artists who make great big pictures of great big subjects: Albert Bierstadt's "A Storm in the Rocky Mountains" is 12 feet wide.... illustration art elbow room https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2008/04/earth-air-fire-water-and-art.html?showComment=1208452140000 ILLUSTRATION ART: EARTH, AIR, FIRE and WATER (and of course, ART) In the flickering light from ancient torches, the shadows on cave walls suggested mastodons and bulls to our prehistoric ancestors. They bec... fire and water illustration art earth air course https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2017/10/counting-hairs.html?showComment=1509040739420 ILLUSTRATION ART: COUNTING HAIRS The Renaissance brought fresh excitement about the physical world. Art awoke from its long medieval fixation on the afterlife, and bega... illustration art counting hairs https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2009/09/details-taxonomy-for-beginners.html?showComment=1254159417138 ILLUSTRATION ART: DETAILS (A TAXONOMY FOR BEGINNERS) Here's how it goes: There are details that hum and details that sing. There are details that accumulate like silt when the artist isn't pa... illustration art details taxonomy beginners https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2011/10/0ne-lovely-drawing-part-38.html?showComment=1319593732029 ILLUSTRATION ART: 0NE LOVELY DRAWING, part 38 This woodcut by Lynd Ward scared the crap out of me when I was a boy: Ward (1905-1985) became known in the 1930s for his "wordless novel... illustration art lovely drawing part https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2010/08/george-bridgemans-art-class.html ILLUSTRATION ART: GEORGE BRIDGMAN'S ART CLASS These are original student drawings from the 1911 class of the famous art teacher, George Bridgman. Bridgman, constantly inebriated an... illustration art george bridgman class https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2013/06/robert-m-cunningham.html?showComment=1372536512233 ILLUSTRATION ART: ROBERT M. CUNNINGHAM Everyone talks about the importance of "restraint" in making pictures, but restraint is only meaningful if you possess something significant... illustration art robert m cunningham https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2006/11/words-and-pictures_116383147977275019.html?showComment=1163983680000 ILLUSTRATION ART: WORDS AND PICTURES [No pictures today-- I am writing from Beijing, China, far away from my art collection, my scanner and my sweetheart (hi, Nell!). But I'll b... illustration art words pictures https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2014/10/daniel-schwartzs-magnum-opus.html?showComment=1415574969686 ILLUSTRATION ART: DANIEL SCHWARTZ'S MAGNUM OPUS Daniel Schwartz's illustrations were confined by the deadlines and space limitations of his commercial clients, but he hungered to do ... illustration art daniel schwartz magnum opus https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2019/10/robert-fawcetts-limp-figures.html?showComment=1571356140395 ILLUSTRATION ART: ROBERT FAWCETT'S LIMP FIGURES It has been a while since I've shared another reason why I like the work of illustrator Robert Fawcett. Even at the height of his caree... illustration art robert fawcett limp figures https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2013/06/robert-m-cunningham.html?showComment=1372528748501&m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: ROBERT M. CUNNINGHAM Everyone talks about the importance of "restraint" in making pictures, but restraint is only meaningful if you possess something significant... illustration art robert m cunningham https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2022/08/what-art-can-do-part-1.html?showComment=1660709735467 ILLUSTRATION ART: WHAT ART CAN DO, part 1 Maxfield Parrish's landscape of a still winter night gives us a feeling of tranquility. As you look at this picture, you're on a planet spi... illustration art can do part https://illustrationartgallery.blogspot.com/2012/02/william-vance.html Illustration Art Gallery: William Vance William Vance is the pen-name under which William van Cutsem worked for many years, his distinctive, realistic style finding favour across E... illustration art gallery william vance https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-pictures-physical-delight.html?showComment=1374270143703 ILLUSTRATION ART: A PICTURE'S PHYSICAL DELIGHT "Wildness can be the picture's better part, its physical delight." -- Gordon Parks In the 1960s, American illustration entered a wild, ... illustration art picture physical delight https://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2020/01/facial-expressions.html?m=0 ILLUSTRATION ART: FACIAL EXPRESSIONS Many contemporary illustrators don't devote much effort to capturing facial expressions. They either rely on a "photo-illustration" to do ... illustration art facial expressions