Donato Giancola

Tree

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, July 6th, 2022

This may be one of the shortest texts I need to write for a post, given this is really a visual...

Painting At A Loss

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

This past year we tabulated a collective assessment of the art around the studio and home. It was...

Streets of New Capenna

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, May 11th, 2022

This past month saw the release of a handful of new Magic: The Gathering cards I had illustrated...

Conventions – Four Aspects to Consider

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

Welcome to SPRING! Given the possibility that large gatherings in the community are beginning to...

The Dragonbone Chair – cover art

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, March 16th, 2022

Last year I had the pleasure of being commissioned by Shawn Speakman, of Grim Oak Press, for an...

Preliminaries

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, February 16th, 2022

A little survey of various approaches I have taken through the years in developing preliminary...

J.R.R. Tolkien

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, January 19th, 2022

January 3th of this year marked the 130th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s birth, Happy...

Life Drawing – Atypical Solutions

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

For many artists, life drawing may seem like a task undertaken for understanding human anatomy, a...

The Dragon, Violinist, and Empathetic Robot

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, November 24th, 2021

Imagery from my latest Empathetic Robots private commission, enveloping the theme of St. George...

Middle-earth – Éowyn and the Lord of the Nazgûl

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

This weekend had my latest middle-earth painting, The Walls of Moria, hanging at IlluxCon/IX Arts...

Personal Projects Feeding Commercial Commissions

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, September 29th, 2021

In a few weeks, IX Arts (IlluxCon) will be up and running at GoggleWorks in Reading ,...

Lightbox Expo Online 2021

Posted by Donato Giancola | Friday, September 10th, 2021

Once again Bobby Chiu, Jim Demonakos and their host of friends and professionals are...

Drawing for Fun

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

From the beginnings of my professional career in 1992 to where I am today, I have held the...

Mordenkainen the Wizard

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

I am honored to present the portrait of Planeswalker Mordenkainen the Wizard from the recent...

Enchanted – A History of Fantasy Illustration at the Norman Rockwell Museum

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Opening this Saturday, June 12th, at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge Massachusetts is a...

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Author: Donato Giancola

Tree

Painting At A Loss

Streets of New Capenna

Conventions – Four Aspects to Consider

The Dragonbone Chair – cover art

Preliminaries

J.R.R. Tolkien

Life Drawing – Atypical Solutions

The Dragon, Violinist, and Empathetic Robot

Middle-earth – Éowyn and the Lord of the Nazgûl

Personal Projects Feeding Commercial Commissions

Lightbox Expo Online 2021

Drawing for Fun

Mordenkainen the Wizard

Enchanted – A History of Fantasy Illustration at the Norman Rockwell Museum

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Materials and Methods

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TODD LOCKWOOD: Curvilinear Perspective, Part 1

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