Painting from a Snapshot Photograph At SmithKlein Gallery in Boulder, CO., last month, I painted a demonstration of how I sometimes work directly from a single photo. Before anything else, I do want to stress the importance of working from life as much as possible. In order to understand tonal value (the graduating differences from [...]
Painting Several Characters Using One Model In the 2 part video below, I show you how I used myself as a model for an illustration involving 4 adults. This can be very useful for illustrators on a tight budget and deadline, or for anyone who is having difficulty arranging other people to pose. An important [...]
Recent Work from Matt Abraxas It is more difficult than it seems fitting to write a new blog now and then. I suppose I'm grateful to the lone subscriber and the two or three people who actually read these, otherwise I'd feel obliged to spew anything I can think of. I will, at some point, [...]
Remastering an Old Painting - Art of Repainting Feather Boa Skirt - 2009 I painted this over a year ago. When I saw it on the gallery wall, I felt at once that this was a piece I had rushed to call finished. Nate, the curator of Smith Klein Gallery, said he liked [...]
