This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You’ll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. Contact You can write me at: James Gurney PO […]
Painting Appraisal
Violin Sketch, Photograph and Musical Works
“My Violin Sketch” [30th October 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, sketch with HB and 4B pencils, signed in black ink on 280gsm 250mm x 300mm gesso primed canvas [pad], digital image 1700 x 1990 pixels. Original freehand sketch drawing. The first draft to this sketch was completed in approximately […]
Sybaris Collection © | 5 Of The Most Riskiest Art Collectors
Investing in works of art can be a great business, however, many pieces can be considered as a risk due to their price, originality, authenticity or their ephemeral or perishable materials. Here are 5 collectors who took some risks because of the pieces they added to their collections 1. […]
Daily Campello Art News: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Studio Gallery and the Stimson Center currently and through March 3, 2023 have a new collaborative exhibition by Suzanne Yurdin on display. This show is available for viewing at the Stimson Center in Dupont Circle by appointment only. The work was curated by J.S. Herbert and Halley Stubis. Suzanne Yurdin’s […]
Exhibition on Medieval Towns in Magdeburg
The new exhibition of the Cultural History Museum is titled ‘Faszination Stadt – The Allure of Cities,’ and is dedicated to the network of medieval towns following Magdeburg law. The topic is broadly framed, starting with city development in antiquity – but then it focuses on the development and spread […]
Holger Drachmann – my daily art display
The Artist, the Poet, the Lover of Women. Holger Drachmann The subject of this week’s blog is the nineteenth century Danish poet, dramatist and painter Holger Drachmann. Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann was born on October 9th, 1846 in Copenhagen. He was the son of Andreas Drachmann and his wife Vilhelmine. […]
Create Interesting Art by Adding Contrast! — Caryl Fine Art
Imagine walking into a stylish room that looks like it’s straight out of an interior design magazine. All of the surfaces are smooth and all the edges are straight, except for one thing. Your eyes go straight to the fuzzy, curvy rug or floor pillow. The contrast in shape and […]
Mel Kendrick at Parrish Art Museum
For more than five decades, sculptor Mel Kendrick has created visual puzzles by taking things apart and putting them back together again. The resulting works invert spatial oppositions, giving dimension to feelings of inner conflict. The artist’s retrospective, “Seeing Things in Things,” is an invitation to enjoy the traces of […]
6 Easy Ways to Make Gifts in Bulk and 18 Gifts for Your Students or Coworkers
Home / 6 Easy Ways to Make Gifts in Bulk and 18 Gifts for Your Students or Coworkers Does the idea of giving gifts to all of your students, staff, or colleagues feel overwhelming? As winter break approaches, many teachers think about gifting their students a small present as a […]
Arthur Rackham and the Evolution of Santa Claus
Share: by Cynthia Close The ornate, magical, curvilinear pen and ink drawings of English book illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) animated many literary classics like the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Gulliver’s Travels, Aesop’s Fables, Rip Van Winkle, and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. His illustrated books were often elaborately bound and published, and […]