Tomorrow morning, I leave for the Illustration Academy, held at the Ringling School of Art & Design. I’ll be one of two guest alumni instructors for the week, teaching alongside my good friend and former student Robin Eley. We’ll be giving an assignment for the students to complete in a week, doing demos of our [...]

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I don’t intend to turn this blog into a tribute to other artists, but when you find the good stuff, you gotta share it. Just came across this video interview with my good friend and mentor, Gary Kelley (you can find samples of his work at his rep’s site here). It’s a fascinating look at [...]

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I just discovered that SF illustration legend John Berkey passed away on Tuesday. I didn’t know John, but he was a friend of my friend Steve Rude, and one afternoon at Steve’s house, he called up John and I had the privilege of briefly speaking to him. Steve called John to have him repeat something [...]

Students who have taken my Principles of Art course over at Westmont College know that one of my favorite artists is the Russian draftsman and painter, Nicolai Fechin. Specifically, I love Fechin’s charcoal drawings, not so much his paintings. He was a draftsman without peer, in my opinion. There’s been a few good books on [...]