Picture This

This didn't turn out as well as I would have liked but it was a final assignment for the illustration course. I enjoy Poe and read him during Halloween. Not fond of color pencils. I find them to be a lot of work. My original sample for this piece was stronger.

Completed a finished illustration for the Pol Turgeon technique.

Did some samples of various flowers from the course I took. Some better than others. Used techniques from Mark English and CF Payne.

Nice to get some additional web coverage from the Southern Breeze Illustrators Corner .Wonderful showcase of Southern Illustrators.

Can't wait to finish class so I can get back to work on my next book project. It's been so busy trying to keep up with work and class.

I never got spam before but boy is it racking up these spam comments from other countries.

Had to try a new technique. Try Pol Turgeon's. He's a great illustrator, but boy does the stuff he uses stink to high heaven. Just the smell of the L&B cracking varnish just about did me in. It's made out of ox bile. Ugh. When you cover your painting with it and use a blow dryer it creates some amazing cracks on the top. After that he goes back in with oil paint and rubs it off. The oil paint stays in the cracks so you can see them. It was interesting. Here's a close up of the cracks: The cracking varnish costs about $9 for a small bottle. Lefranc & Beourgeois. They also make an aging varnish but I really didn't think it made that much of a difference. Could have saved $9.