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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTR_fpz6T2mYC5oDrfxUu0JOPMeBfBMCtwaN8JXLn7fRf6d8AlJma5eaxzFsBugf6F4F313vfjKU_UxmX38x-_TBbT7i2KD5nPVLfk_nWjQfo8cufcJRgpy-v-djGsGR7pnIK41Di-cna/s1600/IMG_8584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTR_fpz6T2mYC5oDrfxUu0JOPMeBfBMCtwaN8JXLn7fRf6d8AlJma5eaxzFsBugf6F4F313vfjKU_UxmX38x-_TBbT7i2KD5nPVLfk_nWjQfo8cufcJRgpy-v-djGsGR7pnIK41Di-cna/s1600/IMG_8584.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>We're on our way to Colorado and Wyoming, ready to cover events as they unfold. Our little car is packed full of gouache, casein, watercolor, fountain pens, coffee, and peanut-butter-flavored granola bars.

Your Roving Arts Reporter

We're on our way to Colorado and Wyoming, ready to cover events as they unfold. Our little car is packed full of gouache, casein, waterc...

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Hitting the road next week

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VjgVEi9Q-HovGSghjjnUumgrYDs6nVQneKQWToIN5kzXcLRgZhOJkOZtPgs0zIdNFG-Xly9-MkRQTzrIuVqk47H87jzSAQMX9OYHjtAW1SE1nKuwZayzGNeQ9Ufj5pSvvY3MHw7iWLLz/s1600/REST_STOP.SM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VjgVEi9Q-HovGSghjjnUumgrYDs6nVQneKQWToIN5kzXcLRgZhOJkOZtPgs0zIdNFG-Xly9-MkRQTzrIuVqk47H87jzSAQMX9OYHjtAW1SE1nKuwZayzGNeQ9Ufj5pSvvY3MHw7iWLLz/s1600/REST_STOP.SM.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Here is the cover of the sketchbook I'm currently traveling through. I called it "Rest Stop," following my custom to title the sketchbook with words that appear on the first page. The sketch on the first page is captioned the '<a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2014/05/heavenly-rest-stop.html">Heavenly Rest Stop Caf</a><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>é</u></span>.'<br /><br />I'm dreaming about the road, because Jeanette and I will be leaving next week on a car trip from New York to Wyoming and Colorado. As much as possible, we'll be taking the old highways through small town America, sketching as we go. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YZBI7pd9FgpX4-4iHEZkW8HPRgskrjDGlPfbV9qDxgb2SMnqw_fw7qjLvG7D9iHHjUuXphIcXLUQcSwVfxGinwfxy8o-RSJeczWofSeGIftqvXODYmpIz6khkLomq6UUWT1Jyp4RxONB/s1600/SKB+Workshop+2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YZBI7pd9FgpX4-4iHEZkW8HPRgskrjDGlPfbV9qDxgb2SMnqw_fw7qjLvG7D9iHHjUuXphIcXLUQcSwVfxGinwfxy8o-RSJeczWofSeGIftqvXODYmpIz6khkLomq6UUWT1Jyp4RxONB/s1600/SKB+Workshop+2014.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />I'll be one of the guests at the <a href="http://www.skbworkshop.com/2014.html">SKB Workshop in Dubois, </a>Wyoming, September 14-19. There will be a lot of plein-air, landscape, and wildlife painters there in an informal setting.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWj8j7EQ-vlyGM1WdHMxO_eS7RNjyc0bMS9UQ7YdWm3huW2-D2TBSJsxL3nVf-mZorBhXwI3am4GVlSGOok4C6NLDFWSCngITU44erQYoy74sejYblGRRbO1AudyTjPfNMAh3fseDoSMQ/s1600/CTNX_banner02_851x315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWj8j7EQ-vlyGM1WdHMxO_eS7RNjyc0bMS9UQ7YdWm3huW2-D2TBSJsxL3nVf-mZorBhXwI3am4GVlSGOok4C6NLDFWSCngITU44erQYoy74sejYblGRRbO1AudyTjPfNMAh3fseDoSMQ/s1600/CTNX_banner02_851x315.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also, I'll be traveling out to California in November as a guest of the <a href="http://ctnanimationexpo.com/">CTN Animation Expo</a>. I've visited once before, and it's a very interesting gathering of animation artists.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you can't make it to either of those events, I'll be reporting along the way from the blog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Hitting the road next week

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Exhibitions and Events

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd like to announce some upcoming exhibitions and events that I'll be participating in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwDE79t2NY1KQKMZeE-xkylT2mVRJRfGyjld3DhXw1ihAfz38cXuemCzcATMmqiTdhy5h0qW9jo2gmZ2onFqmilC127rWf-OOQKUzWtdCPSQ5YnR-fdlIl2GvBwUU6KaSLatrjOJ5y4s/s1600/New+Hampshire+Institute+of+the+Arts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwDE79t2NY1KQKMZeE-xkylT2mVRJRfGyjld3DhXw1ihAfz38cXuemCzcATMmqiTdhy5h0qW9jo2gmZ2onFqmilC127rWf-OOQKUzWtdCPSQ5YnR-fdlIl2GvBwUU6KaSLatrjOJ5y4s/s400/New+Hampshire+Institute+of+the+Arts.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">An exhibition of 25 paintings called "Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney" will be on view next month at the <a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney/">New Hampshire Institute of Art</a> . The exhibition will include <i>Dinosaur Parade, Garden of Hope, Dinosaur Boulevard </i>and many other classic images. It will be up for just three weeks, from Wednesday, February 20 through Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The opening at 5:00 on February 20 is free and everyone is invited. I'll be presenting an illustrated lecture about the making of Dinotopia at 6:30 pm that evening. The cost to attend the lecture is $20, and there will be a book signing afterward. More at<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.nhia.edu/dinotopia-the-fantastical-art-of-james-gurney/">New Hampshire Institute of Art</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-------------</div><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeyzgIppHnd04bWAn38QAO7Q4_qFJQLtzTDJvwvShyphenhypheniT060VtXnyJ7yO8FaA4m-UqEYfWRDgCa1y4PkuXD2FIXMJ5n4_UIBoHXn7KgGOx1Nv5EAG3ZTtoY0vYabe-D0NZr9c2QSuShmw/s1600/WPI.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeyzgIppHnd04bWAn38QAO7Q4_qFJQLtzTDJvwvShyphenhypheniT060VtXnyJ7yO8FaA4m-UqEYfWRDgCa1y4PkuXD2FIXMJ5n4_UIBoHXn7KgGOx1Nv5EAG3ZTtoY0vYabe-D0NZr9c2QSuShmw/s400/WPI.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br />On February 21, I'll be presenting a lecture in Massachusetts at the <a href="http://www.wpi.edu/academics/facultydir/mbj.html">Worcester Polytechnic Institute</a>. The lecture, Q&A and book signing starts at 7:00. Contact Professor <a href="http://users.wpi.edu/~bmoriarty/">Brian Moriarty</a> for more information. Photo US News.</ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">--------------</ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelmmnW7C650h4gGRfT7OmR-l3U4vDvwkw5JZo7a8LV4O7GAtFpfr3OjYBwlOzcHOhOy5qc3DJbGg5nLKqdDB1pm-3-hGBbY_6pzRF2M6QE1OlEWMi3ikIG3npEOOJrdB3A52oxjP5XxI/s1600/Plein+Air+convention+2013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelmmnW7C650h4gGRfT7OmR-l3U4vDvwkw5JZo7a8LV4O7GAtFpfr3OjYBwlOzcHOhOy5qc3DJbGg5nLKqdDB1pm-3-hGBbY_6pzRF2M6QE1OlEWMi3ikIG3npEOOJrdB3A52oxjP5XxI/s400/Plein+Air+convention+2013.jpeg" width="400" /></a></ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><br /></ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">From April 10-14 I'll be one of the featured guests at the 2nd Annual <a href="http://www.pleinairconvention.com/index.php">Plein Air Convention</a> and Expo in Monterey, California. I'll be doing a talk on composition, as well as painting in oil outdoors in the picturesque environs, alongside the rest of the faculty and participants. It's a great opportunity for shop talk while practicing in the field.</ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="http://www.pleinairconvention.com/index.php">April 10-14, Plein Air Convention and Expo, Monterey-Carmel, California</a></ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">------------</ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><br /></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jGEWW1sxMwUAm7n-E-gtpc3fVPRDzFtsGAi9q07RXAaQKwhGEChyphenhyphen0khWe9UA5fr6gs9_1HOyIHEttEckarMk1NJign96YzMzqW7Olcr071Mx54DcYgIu0kBTovmdJ5b_-etXHaFPdjw/s1600/Portrait+Society+Conference.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jGEWW1sxMwUAm7n-E-gtpc3fVPRDzFtsGAi9q07RXAaQKwhGEChyphenhyphen0khWe9UA5fr6gs9_1HOyIHEttEckarMk1NJign96YzMzqW7Olcr071Mx54DcYgIu0kBTovmdJ5b_-etXHaFPdjw/s400/Portrait+Society+Conference.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Later in April, over the weekend of the 25th, I will be one of the guests at the <a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!__conference">Art of the Portrait Conference</a> in Atlanta, Georgia. This event brings together many of the top portrait artists from around the world, painting side by side from live models and explaining their process. My lecture will will be about drawing portraits "in the wild" from candid models, and I'll be on a panel talking about blogging. (Photo Charles Walls) </ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="http://www.portraitsociety.org/#!__conference">April 25-28. Art of the Portrait Conference, Atlanta</a></ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">-----------</ul><ul style="margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><br /></ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JA9M5ICoD-6tZAtjknf7XVHaMiBy9XLXu-KpX_-h9hRCJPoVxdT6BA0PVXEOz6AgAvI-R6Z5yitnWdL9rIBpnCFeUMuqOyC4r11Iy_-exz-KOQ31aPFg23Ep74M5a3_C1uC3c3IUOBk/s1600/IMC+Gurney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JA9M5ICoD-6tZAtjknf7XVHaMiBy9XLXu-KpX_-h9hRCJPoVxdT6BA0PVXEOz6AgAvI-R6Z5yitnWdL9rIBpnCFeUMuqOyC4r11Iy_-exz-KOQ31aPFg23Ep74M5a3_C1uC3c3IUOBk/s320/IMC+Gurney.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />In June I will be one of the guests for a couple of days at <a href="http://www.illustrationmasterclass.com/">Illustration Master Class</a> in Amherst Massachusetts. The spaces are filled for this year, but there is a wait l<span style="background-color: transparent;">ist.</span></ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><a href="http://www.illustrationmasterclass.com/" style="background-color: transparent;">June 12 (or so) 2013 Illustration Master Class, MA</a></ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">------------</ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTP_lkKXOJo0LIUyt6v5AAkkhmn0ilf1pgETUXOi_fff8Xh9OhrHJAkzi0qQu9sl2yCvhd70FK7imFdlk9Z00ldDy0DTCjFFXemmiXMUI-j2pgN4lhn2hNthUl1OTnhz6WZpyXGhZ2qc/s1600/Lyman+Allyn.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTP_lkKXOJo0LIUyt6v5AAkkhmn0ilf1pgETUXOi_fff8Xh9OhrHJAkzi0qQu9sl2yCvhd70FK7imFdlk9Z00ldDy0DTCjFFXemmiXMUI-j2pgN4lhn2hNthUl1OTnhz6WZpyXGhZ2qc/s400/Lyman+Allyn.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And finally, don't miss the museum exhibit currently on view through February 2 at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut. It's called "<a href="http://www.lymanallyn.org/exhibitions.html">Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination</a>," with over 100 pieces of original Dinotopia art, maquettes, and fossils. It's completely different from the "Fantastical Art" show, so if you see one show, the other will have entirely different surprises.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.lymanallyn.org/exhibitions.html">Dinotopia: Art, Science, and Imagination</a> ends February 2.</div><div><br /></div>

Exhibitions and Events

I'd like to announce some upcoming exhibitions and events that I'll be participating in. An exhibition of 25 paintings called "...

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Part 5 / Pteranodon Hatchling Finish

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(Continuing the Pteranodon series) Here's the final painting of the young Pteranodon, incorporating Dr. Bennett's corrections. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h7SwvOAyh_sXsM37vdY3OTnF2cjEZz5EXMDxvxQrhzzDJb_fXdKcgPw5p2NE8hrLbA0mgQMK4DqbWI63hQGelPzoJYREonh7BkgVcolq7XQpgfLwuRibnIp3l1jNCzRpon1d60Yu71g/s1600/Pteranodon+Hatchling.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h7SwvOAyh_sXsM37vdY3OTnF2cjEZz5EXMDxvxQrhzzDJb_fXdKcgPw5p2NE8hrLbA0mgQMK4DqbWI63hQGelPzoJYREonh7BkgVcolq7XQpgfLwuRibnIp3l1jNCzRpon1d60Yu71g/s400/Pteranodon+Hatchling.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The pterosaur has just hatched from a soft-shelled egg, and is resting on a bed of crushed ferns. The painting is in oil, using the paint thinly and mostly transparently. The oil stayed wet enough to allow a shallow-focus treatment of the distance, something that often appears in wildlife photos. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since Ranger Rick is mainly a photo magazine, I deliberately used photographic effects (even though I had no photo to look at for reference) because I wanted the art to blend with the rest of the magazine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS5h0NUCzrqTHEmhcVsDd921EOVvHBscL3D6tKsGL_cnTpbEWTF25az5_CdzS_iW8Qwuc1rWEs9qyRf-C0Ci3SCQpgs6FuzpeqTvesHNmk-F4LLAhfeYbABmQhsE4BGaGAgroG4Ft45Y/s1600/Ranger+Rick+crew.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS5h0NUCzrqTHEmhcVsDd921EOVvHBscL3D6tKsGL_cnTpbEWTF25az5_CdzS_iW8Qwuc1rWEs9qyRf-C0Ci3SCQpgs6FuzpeqTvesHNmk-F4LLAhfeYbABmQhsE4BGaGAgroG4Ft45Y/s400/Ranger+Rick+crew.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When we passed through the Washington, DC area a few weeks ago, we stopped by the National Wildlife Federation headquarters to pick up the painting and to show the editors "Pterry" the Pteranodon maquette that I used for reference.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGCzqwLjChZVtNmmHBzwvWpklEVjkrxmrGNx9VALYtdsa8WPdw66s6fxzNZSe7fPUV9IPXIZpYhVi3w3_U7BvvwM2vi3uLQjz1PXVRPZvjRsaSt-LMzGGUxCJ83IXfXx0zVUYQ3Np59g/s1600/Gurney_SCAD_Atl_41.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGCzqwLjChZVtNmmHBzwvWpklEVjkrxmrGNx9VALYtdsa8WPdw66s6fxzNZSe7fPUV9IPXIZpYhVi3w3_U7BvvwM2vi3uLQjz1PXVRPZvjRsaSt-LMzGGUxCJ83IXfXx0zVUYQ3Np59g/s400/Gurney_SCAD_Atl_41.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We shared the painting and the maquette at some of the art schools we visited on our recent southeast tour, including <a href="http://scad-atl-illu.blogspot.com/2012/09/james-gurney-at-scad-atlanta.html">SCAD Atlanta, (photo by Rick Lovell).</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'll be doing reports from the various art schools in future blog posts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-----</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Please come to my lecture and booksigning at the <a href="http://www.lymanallyn.org/upcoming%20exhibitions.html">Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut, on Saturday October 13 at 2:00. </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-----------------</div><div style="text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.nwf.org/Kids/Ranger-Rick.aspx">Ranger Rick October issue</a></div><div style="text-align: start;"><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2012/10/part-1-pteranodons.html">Part 1: Pteranodons / Thumbnails</a></div><div style="text-align: start;">Part 2: <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2012/10/part-2-pteranodons.html">Pteranodons / Maquette</a></div><div style="text-align: start;">Part 3: <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2012/10/part-3-pteranodons.html">Pteranodons / Step by Step</a></div><div style="text-align: start;">Part 4: Pteranodons / <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2012/10/part-4-pteranodons-hatchlings.html">Hatchling Sketches</a></div><br /><br />

Part 5 / Pteranodon Hatchling Finish

(Continuing the Pteranodon series) Here's the final painting of the young Pteranodon, incorporating Dr. Bennett's corrections.  The ...

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Illustration Master Class 2011

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lv8Px3HrS5trSIOsMyMlNDfXqyyTNgf5TiukxktuznhyphenhyphenlfBFbHjXNZQ010vSQ-Xh-HiCAIX5fjkQJ7JgtPURm2J30TOSzCZN5aAdebglZZM1-Qyu0RjMRCG3w1hM_ialvqXrDlAYx6g/s1600/Peter.de.Seve.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.illustrationmasterclass.com/">Illustration Master Class</a> was in full swing in Amherst, Massachusetts, when we arrived yesterday.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcCP486C__w6wm8J_YOy5eiaJoAA1XbmQI6O0Aap5_lz85ZtAUj7RjghJTY7V-pkvDQpMoUW4GpVKZbXjmEepRwdNeyKLTlTu4atmuIyXXssrQDOriXfQ_pjGi26VQnMF6hn_VK7ezb0/s1600/Mark_Helwig.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcCP486C__w6wm8J_YOy5eiaJoAA1XbmQI6O0Aap5_lz85ZtAUj7RjghJTY7V-pkvDQpMoUW4GpVKZbXjmEepRwdNeyKLTlTu4atmuIyXXssrQDOriXfQ_pjGi26VQnMF6hn_VK7ezb0/s400/Mark_Helwig.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Here's student <a href="http://www.markhelwigart.com/">Mark Helwig</a> with his dragon reference maquette, made of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Super-Sculpey-Polymer-Clay-Semi-Transparent/dp/B0026C1T8C?ie=UTF8&tag=gurnjour-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Super Sculpey</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0026C1T8C" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. He told me that it's his first time using Sculpey. There are about 100 students from all over the world, some using digital, some traditional, and some combining the two.<br /><br />The workshop lasts a week, and at this stage the students have already gotten their sketch approved, gathered reference, and transferred the drawings onto the painting surface. Many of the students are professionals themselves, but everyone is trying something new, sharing techniques with each other, and staying up late hours. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaP4jw5Uuo4VDMsTuhK2rW0G71lvanqiJF08H0Wx5h2kWsOX0jUSo1HQ5TYpi55EvUpgmfzRZmP3gWkRvHi-ScyZI3DBMQ86tzUDKvzISPDv7-KcSIuMa90Ca1luodI6-JZIB30zBVycU/s1600/IMC.2011.Faculty.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaP4jw5Uuo4VDMsTuhK2rW0G71lvanqiJF08H0Wx5h2kWsOX0jUSo1HQ5TYpi55EvUpgmfzRZmP3gWkRvHi-ScyZI3DBMQ86tzUDKvzISPDv7-KcSIuMa90Ca1luodI6-JZIB30zBVycU/s400/IMC.2011.Faculty.JPG" width="400" /></a><br />IMC is team-taught by a faculty of guests and regulars, so students get plenty of opinions (not always agreeing opinions) about their sketches. I'm here for a day and a half as a guest speaker.<br /><br />Back row: me, Greg Manchess, Dan Dos Santos, Irene Gallo, Scott Allie, Jeff Mack, Donato Giancola. Front Row: Adam Rex, Scott Fischer, Iain McCaig, Rebecca Guay, Julie Bell, and Boris Vallejo (Peter d.S. was away on a phone call).<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm4kcJ2k2dnZibYvwGVWAvUFfxrd23gqV0coXaVuqheYRAYiXLP6o23CNH0di4NopmuH7hCgMkV8A4-j5vdjIPpvQTpUqgNEPBS2luYX2K7pMkIEIQ3mhX3ztlVeLHgUkjwchmxtPlWM/s1600/Mo_Willems.sm.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm4kcJ2k2dnZibYvwGVWAvUFfxrd23gqV0coXaVuqheYRAYiXLP6o23CNH0di4NopmuH7hCgMkV8A4-j5vdjIPpvQTpUqgNEPBS2luYX2K7pMkIEIQ3mhX3ztlVeLHgUkjwchmxtPlWM/s320/Mo_Willems.sm.JPG" width="228" /></a><br />Here's a sketch of Mo Willems, who did a slide show, explaining the anatomy of a children's picture book.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lv8Px3HrS5trSIOsMyMlNDfXqyyTNgf5TiukxktuznhyphenhyphenlfBFbHjXNZQ010vSQ-Xh-HiCAIX5fjkQJ7JgtPURm2J30TOSzCZN5aAdebglZZM1-Qyu0RjMRCG3w1hM_ialvqXrDlAYx6g/s1600/Peter.de.Seve.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lv8Px3HrS5trSIOsMyMlNDfXqyyTNgf5TiukxktuznhyphenhyphenlfBFbHjXNZQ010vSQ-Xh-HiCAIX5fjkQJ7JgtPURm2J30TOSzCZN5aAdebglZZM1-Qyu0RjMRCG3w1hM_ialvqXrDlAYx6g/s400/Peter.de.Seve.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm4kcJ2k2dnZibYvwGVWAvUFfxrd23gqV0coXaVuqheYRAYiXLP6o23CNH0di4NopmuH7hCgMkV8A4-j5vdjIPpvQTpUqgNEPBS2luYX2K7pMkIEIQ3mhX3ztlVeLHgUkjwchmxtPlWM/s1600/Mo_Willems.sm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>Peter de Sève did a wonderful presentation about his life in caricature and character design. Later on, Rebecca (left) treated us to a faculty supper at a Chinese restaurant, where Peter and Mo showed us other ways to think about those take-out containers.

Illustration Master Class 2011

Illustration Master Class was in full swing in Amherst, Massachusetts, when we arrived yesterday. Here's student Mark Helwig with his ...

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