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“Presearch” — Part 1 of 3


Paolo Rivera

  Amazing Spider-Man #638, Cover. 2010 Watercolor and gouache on Illustration Board, 11 x 17".   Part 1: Why do we need reference? — Refining searches through specificity — Today begins a 3-part post on "referential" advice. I will include a smattering of links that some of you may find useful, but my main purpose is to convey my thought process — in particular, the way in which I increase the depth of my knowledge…

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Garden Birds


Jesper Ejsing

January 6, 2025 - I am starting a new project: Garden Birds.  Its a fully illustrated book about the 50 most common birds in the garden in Scandinavia. There is a lot of those books out there, but whats different with this one is that its not a field guide its more an inspirational book that shows all the interesting little behaviors and details about birds that most people know.  In order for me to capture all these details I have started sketching in on each species. I started with Wrens; my favorite bird. And moved on to Robin. This week I am doing house sparrow and sparrow hawk. The plan is to sketch and discover my way through all of the 50 birds, combine it with field studies and photos of ordinary birds doing ordinary bird things. After…

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