Saturday, August 31, 2013

Bernie Fuchs















    Bernie Fuchs

       brought to you by the Tulluride Gallery






                             Illustration Art


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Friday, August 30, 2013

William Henry "Bill" Mauldin

                                                                                          From:  the-lovgrens.com
 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters "Willie and Joe", two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and dangers of duty in the field. These cartoons were broadly published and distributed in the American army abroad and in the United States.


                                   From the The Library of Congress

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Mead Schaeffer


 

Head Tide - 1932 Good Housekeeping

Mead Schaeffer lived next door to Norman Rockwell and was a great illustrator in his own right. Mead and his family members posed for a number of Rockwell’s illustrations.

    This picture borrowed from JVJ Publishing
  In the picture below Mead posed for the tattoo artist. He claimed that Rockwell made his “behind” bigger than it actually was. Norman did not think so.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Dean Cornwell


   These are preparatory drawings by Dean Cornwell. I just can't get enough of Dean.
     These scans brought to you by one of the nice folks over at Today's Inspiration Facebook Group

Monday, August 26, 2013

Garret’s Glen





pencil on bond paper

GARRET
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Sooo…… I was strolling through Garret’s Glen when I decided to go take a drink from the rejuvenating waters at the “Hidden Valley Spring of Eternal Life”.However, as you can see, it was occupied.








Sunday, August 25, 2013

Lawson Wood

The above images taken from, tsutpen.blogspot.com


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Lawson Wood, sometimes Clarence Lawson Wood, (23 August 1878 – 26 October 1957), was an English painter, illustrator and designer known for humorous depictions of cavemen and dinosaurs, policemen, and animals, especially a chimpanzee called Gran'pop, whose annuals circulated around the world

                     Borrowed from linesandcolors.com

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Hans Flato






                                                         Borrowed from from a posting from David Clemons at Today's Inspiration Facebook Group


Friday, August 23, 2013

Girl on the Rocks

   Ballpoint pen on 8.5 x 11 bond paper
 

   Ballpoint pen on 8.5 x 11 bond paper

Monday, August 19, 2013

Veteran No.3



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acrylic painting of same size



         To see veteran no.1         
To see veteran no.2

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Paul Marie Louis Pierre Richer

                          Images borrowed from the Florence Academy of Art Blog


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Paul Marie Louis Pierre Richer (January 17, 1849 - December 17, 1933) was a French anatomist, physiologist, sculptor and anatomical artist who was a native of Chartres. He was a professor of artistic anatomy at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine (1898).




Saturday, August 17, 2013

Russian Academic Art

    Scans are from ConceptArt.com
   Check out more Russian drawings here at: Inspirational ArtWorks


Friday, August 16, 2013

A Vet


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ACRYLIC PAINTING ON BOARD



Thursday, August 15, 2013

Redondo and Frazetta



















              

             Nestor Redondo and  Frank Frazetta

There is some nice line work here.                                                                                                                       

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Horse Anatomy

                                                                                                          





                                                                                                              


Drawing defines form. However sometimes it is hard to see this form. Different colors and surfaces reflect light in different ways.

When taking pictures of horses it is best to do so on a hazy day to break up the sun’s rays, because the sheen on a horse’s coat caused by the reflected light from the sun inhibits the ability to discern form. I would recommend a nice medium value brown or grey horse for anatomical study. A white one will reflect too much light and a black one will not reflect enough for optimal viewing.

When you have your photo, try placing an anatomical horse diagram next to it for comparison. While drawing, try to locate anatomical landmarks of the surface anatomy on your photo from the diagram

Picture above from, "Animal Anatomy For Artists"
by W. Ellenberger

                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                
graphite on 8.5 x 11 bond paper

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