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 GurneyPO Box 693Rhinebeck, […]
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An artist’s journey: From painting to metalwork, Alyssa Holt keeps her hand in multiple mediums
BLUE HILL — Alyssa Holt is discovering her creative mother nature, in some cases by way of many mediums at a time. Dependent on the time of year, you could come across the Portland-born artist at perform in her household studio, which had been her fisherman boyfriend’s buoy-painting workshop. The […]
National Trust’s Woodford still life’s journey from Europe to the Blue Mountains
Pinchin claimed the painting was briefly on show when the Woodford Academy opened to the community in 1996, but was shortly returned to storage. 20 several years passed in advance of the Woodford nevertheless everyday living captivated the notice of a conservator in 1999 who instructed the artwork dated from […]
One Man’s Artistic Journey along the American Coastline: Architect creates maps by hand with pen & ink and watercolors
“Men are a shed tribe,” suggests architect Joseph Tarella. “That’s why we need to have maps.” The artist has had a lifelong fascination with maps of all kinds, but his major target has been on the coastline of the continental United States. He has drawn maps of that coastline from […]