WABASH VALLEY ARTISTS SOCIETY: illustration

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

James Gurney

I don't remember if I've mentioned James Gurney before. He is both a realist painter and an illustrator/concept artist. If you have kids who love dinosaurs, you may have seen his book, Dinotopia.

Link to Gurney's blog: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.ca/ Lots to explore here!

A recent post on Lines and Colors described Gurney's Fantasy in the Wild vid and provided a link to an earlier discussion and many pics of Gurney's Watercolor in the Wild (downloadable vid):
http://linesandcolors.com/2014/08/29/james-gurneys-watercolor-in-the-wild/

Definitely worth a look if you would like some tips on using watercolor "en plein air."

His book Color and Light is worth looking at as well: http://jamesgurney.com/site/213/color-and-light-a-guide-for-the-realist-painter

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Ivan Sulima, Ukranian illustrator

As seen on lines and colors blog: I absolutely love his foxes (not least because we have a pair of foxes who live in our ravine)!

http://linesandcolors.com/2016/01/13/ivan-sulima/

Sulima's site: https://sulima.carbonmade.com/

I couldn't get any of the images to copy. You'll have to explore via links.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Chris Dunn, illustrator

Lines and Colors featured Chris Dunn yesterday, in particular Dunn's series of paintings (watercolor and gouache) inspired by The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame. My girls loved this book!

Here's a lovely peaceful example:

See more on the artist's website: http://www.chris-dunn.co.uk/

Friday, March 27, 2015

Alice in Wonderland illustrations

The Art Room Plant is another of the blogs I like to check on every once in awhile. Hazel Terry, a Scottish artist, features lesser known and new artists, many of whom have a quite playful style. This month Terry has been featuring illustrations from the various Alice in Wonderland books (in among other posts), like the one above. On the March 22 post she has reproduced some of Lewis Carroll's original manuscript.
http:/theartroomplant.blogspot.com

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Alina Chau's Watercolors

Another find via Lines and Colors.

Alina Chau is an illustrator, painter, and animation artist who works in watercolor. Her work is filled with delightful images and wonderful textures with subjects from contemporary to fairy-tale narrratives. I could not pick a favorite.

For the Lines and Colors posts, start here: http://linesandcolors.com/2015/02/20/alina-chau-update/ In that post is a link to an older post as well.

Her website: http://alinachau.com

She also has a blog called Ice-Cream Monster Toon Cafe: http://alinanimation.blogspot.com/

Our Goals

1. To offer opportunities to learn new techniques through workshops, demonstrations, plein air paint outs, field trips, and media presentations.

2. To foster opportunities for artists to exhibit their work through shows both juried and non-juried, as well as other community local venues.

3.To publicize WVWS and other art events and opportunities through meetings, social media and traditional media.

4. To create accessible opportunities for young people to explore art.

5. To sustain a vibrant organization through active member participation in monthly meetings and collaborative leadership using individual talents.

Our History

The Wabash Valley Artist's Society began as the Wabash Valley Watercolor Society in 1989. After much consideration, the board and members voted to expand the organization to include multi- media, acrylics, oils and pastels in addition to watercolor, effective January 2015. The former WVWS, now the WVAS, has a rich history in the Lafayette, Indiana region. Local artists, in search of information, an opportunity to share their interest in painting, and the chance to exhibit their work, formed the Wabash Valley Watercolor Society in 1989. Many of the founding members were students of Barbara Gresham from the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art (now the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette). The inspiration and challenges of her teaching were the catalyst that sparked the society’s formation.

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