Here’s another sketch tribute to one of my earliest art heroes: Mark Kistler, television drawing teacher! He’s got a site over at Draw3D.com. I still have never seen Mark on TV, but as a young boy I was given the Imagination Station book and tore through its pages, learning important concepts such as foreshortening, perspective,…
Read moreThe other book I finished recently is The Tales of Beedle the Bard, by J.K. Rowling (2007). This is a short collection of original fables from the wizarding world of Harry Potter, along with commentary on each story by renowned wizard Albus Dumbledore. Unlike That Hideous Strength, this little book took me all of one…
Read moreI thought that while I’m getting back into sketching I should say thank you to some artists that I really admire and would like to imitate. First up is Scott Johnson over at MyExtraLife.com. Scott’s artwork has always struck me as sort of Muppet-ish, and coming from me that’s a compliment. Not only is his…
Read moreI recently finished reading That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis (1945). Having read Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra last year, I was anxious to learn how Lewis would conclude his trilogy, and picked up Strength with high hopes. As you may have heard, Lewis’ space trilogy grows in complexity and maturity as you…
Read moreWhile drawing this picture I figured out how to assign GIMP‘s eraser tool to the eraser on my tablet. I had been wondering why it didn’t work. Now I know you can assign any tool to each end of the pen, which is pretty amazing. I’ll have to experiment with using smudge or blur for…
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