-By Dan dos Santos
This past Saturday, the Society of Illustrators hosted Art Out Loud 7. The event consists of multiple live demonstrations by some of the industry’s top pros. This time around, artists Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Donato Giancola, Rick Berry, and Greg Manchess were kind enough to donate their time.
The event was quite fun. The room was packed, with over 100 people in attendance. A lot of friends and professionals roamed the room, as the five artists painted and shared insights. For those who couldn’t make it, here’s a brief recap of what you missed.
Donato completed half a figure, and started laying in a face, all the while talking to the audience. He took time to show off his sketch book, and talked about his concepting process. He also brought some original art, and free posters and catalogs for the attendees.
Working on a private commission for the same series as Boris, Julie came in with a painting progress.
Greg painted a nude, working from a mish-mash of reference. Taking a head from one photo, legs from another, and torso from yet another… bringing them all together into a single beautiful pose.
Precise in his painting, Greg completed the entire piece with time to spare. So he decided to paint a second portrait… and completed that one too!
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Great post, thanks for the recap and the photos. I'm kind of in love with that single, loaded brushstroke for the hard edge on the upper lip of Manchess' nude.
Such an awesome event…totally would have stayed longer if I could.
Where did this take place at? Looked like a fantastic event with some true legends to learn from.
I'm kicking myself for not being able to make this. Thanks for posting so many awesome pictures, I love seeing as much of these events as possible when I can't be there in person.
Wow…. thanks so much for this recap. It looked amazing!!! It just helps me feel closer to my favorite artists that are so far away! (includes you, too Dan) It's just great to see all of you be such good friends over the years and keep such a great community feeling. Awesome share.
-J
What a night! Seems like a tremendous success and all of the artists did a spectacular job with their demos. The imagination and talent they all have is breathtaking!
Amazing job to all! The entire night was fantastic. Highlight of the night however was watching Greg paint McCartney from start to finish. Absolutely divine.
Oh, that looks like such a fun night:)
Boris, I'd like to see that painting completed someday. I'm a bit of a sucker for orange and blue colors at times.
Greg, seeing you done a Beatles painting brings back the fond memory when I first witnessed your skills painting John Lennon. I love the textures and the directions of the brush strokes.
Oh, I would absolutely love to go to an event like this! Perhaps there will be one in Savannah, Georgia soon?
This was an amazing event. I felt so inspired having watched all the artists at work for 4 hours. Boris was crazy fast with his painting. More often then not, if you turned your head away for a second you'd miss him paint an entire dragon wing. It was an incredible display of work.
if i could be there to see u working and learn some,i promise i'll wash ur brushes and clean ur atelièr !!!