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Pencil Artist of the Week: Rodolfo Cortez Jr.

This week’s featured pencil artist is Rodolfo Cortez Jr., a self-taught pencil artist who goes by the handle Sumo0172 on DeviantArt.  Rodolfo’s Café Press shop features the headline “The Pencil Rules,” a statement we enthusiastically…
Pencil Artist Rick Foltson

Pencil Artist of the Week: Rick Fortson

This week’s featured pencil artist is Rick Fortson, a pencil artist who specializes in creating hyper-realistic pencil portraits. His DeviantArt profile is filled with his stunning pencil drawings and his website is loaded with pencil drawing…
Pencil Artist Dan Vitali

Pencil Artist of the Week: Dan Vitali

This week’s featured pencil artist is Dan Vitali, an artist living in Stamford, Connecticut. Dan started drawing at a young age after discovering that he could replicate his favorite cartoon characters with a pencil and a piece of paper. After…

Andrew Marr, the Importance of Drawing as Therapy

[Photo Credit-Andrew Marr via The Daily Mail] Andrew Marr, the BBC Broadcaster, recently shared his struggle to recover from a near fatal stroke and how art helped move him beyond this difficult experience. The Daily Mail's thorough article…

“Diebenkorn, the Berkeley Years” Makes Appearance at DeYoung Museum

http://youtu.be/PV1ZHh9wl7w Richard Diebenkorn on Beginning a painting [Video] Richard Diebenkorn's exhibit made an appearance at San Francisco's DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate park, in September. The exhibit of Diebenkorn's artwork from…
Best Hand-Drawn Book Covers

The Best Hand-Drawn Book Covers

They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover - but what if it features some amazing hand-drawn art? I'd like to call your attention to five books that are beautiful to look at in addition to being great reads. Our Top 6 Hand-Drawn Book…
Bad Toon Rising

Bad Toon Rising: Creating Cartoon Characters from Memory

Have you ever been in the situation where you start doodling a popular character for fun, but with no point of reference you realize you aren’t quite sure what the character looks like? Does Mickey Mouse wear suspenders? Does Porky Pigs have…
Artwork Inspired by 9/11

The Art Inspired by September 11th, 2001

Creativity is often born out of the ashes of tragedy. Modernism took its form in the wake of World War I, the Beat Generation in the shadow of the Bomb, so it comes as no surprise that the tragedies of the past 15 years have inspired art as…
Boost Your Creativity

5 Ways to Boost Your Creativity

As an artist, there’s nothing more frustrating than staring at a blank page with a blank mind. Thankfully, there are ways to boost your creativity. Some claim working backwards can help, others say a messy desk is the secret to unlocking…
Pencil Artist Marcus Collar

Pencil Artist of the Week: Marcus Collar

This week’s featured pencil artist is Marcus Collar, a comic penciler and incredibly talented pencil artist living in Napa, CA. We met Marcus at this year’s Stockton-Con, where he was exhibiting his work and promoting his upcoming series…