TODAY'S FEATURED POST
To Green Angel Tower – cover art
Periodically I make the choice to lean in heavily on a commission, dramatically increasing the amount of labor, focus, and intent I wish to bring to a painting. This bar is raised by myself, never by my client, as the desire is to create a portfolio piece I can leverage for broader use, benefiting my client, and hopefully my career. This is one such instance. When Shawn Speakman of Grim Oak Press asked if I…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Studying the Portrait Using George Bridgman’s Book
October 28, 2024 - One of the most influential art instructors was George Bridgman who was part of a core group from the Art Students League back in the early 20th century who defined and refined the process of learning how to make art for commercial and fine artists. Bridgman was one of the first to define a process for breaking down the human form, and compared it to the machine and its mechanical parts, indicative of the times he was living in during the industrial revolution. His descriptions for defining the form were also very revolutionary, teaching his students how to see the human machine in planes and forms, using perspective to solve the dimensions, massing in shadows first before defining the subtle nuances of half tones in the light, and simplifying the anatomy into basic mechanical shapes…
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