When I was a kid before the internet was a household reality I would try to get my hot little hands on any drawing instructional book I could find at a library, bookstore or flea market. Knowledge was limited to what I could find and what my budget could afford. These days I marvel at [...]

Vibrant canola fields, powerful forests and delicate flower petals. She paints an Alberta sky like nobodies biz. When I look at Lorraine’s work I feel the comfort of my home. Like I’m driving out to a familiar place in the country, something from my childhood.
Then in contrast she does this lovely illustrative work on wood:

The [...]

one of my coworkers commented recently that my drawings remind him of Robert Fawcett. i had to google the man but, now that i’ve seen his work (above), i am (1) embarassed that i hadn’t seen it sooner, (2) enormously flattered, and (3) grateful to Leif Peng for his constantly growing archive of classic illustration [...]

I received this book as a gift at Christmas, and I’m currently on my second reading of it. It was recommended by my instructor, Karol Mack, at an oil painting workshop I attended last summer. Karol named this as the be-all and end-all of books on the subject of painting. And I can totally see [...]

I might be behind the times but Michael Wertz has a new shop! Lots of lovely prints and illustrated swag to purchase. Also, his blog can be found right over here.
In my snoopings, I also noticed that Michael has done a portrait of fellow IF blogger, Rama (for the portrait party!):

I’m sure lots of us [...]

dear dan,
Your work is so lovely and interesting and swell! I’m glad I continue to find talents such as yourself on flickr. It just keeps happening again and again.
best wishes,
- amanda
ps. Your website is also swell.

who said nothing cool ever happens in wisconsion? (it wasn’t me!)
lynda barry ~ so awesome ~ is teaching a writing workshop there on june 16 and june 17th. in the words of kelly hogan, the class is a way to “blow your mind… with your own mind!” read more and book your reservation on ebay.

I’m not a fan of the board game, ‘Risk’. I think it might be a boy thing? I’ve seen that twinkle in my husband’s eye when he calls his pals together to play. He very excited to ‘1919′, a risk board redone by Raymond Biesinger. (larger version here)
Raymond’s work always has a strong concept, often [...]