Donato Giancola | Muddy Colors

Studio Visit with Peter de Sève

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, October 4th, 2017

Creativity at its best – Peter de Sève in his Brooklyn, NY studio. This past week found me...

Mastering Reference: St. George & the White Dragon

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

-By Donato St. George and the White Dragon Donato Giancola 24″ x 30″ 2017 ...

Choosing to be Different

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

-By Donato Compassion – More Human Than Human Oil on Panel 24 x 18″ 2017 Being...

Perpetual Motion Machine

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

-By Donato Giancola Perpetual Motion Machine Donato Giancola 24″ x 30″ Oil on...

Learning Live

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, June 28th, 2017

-By Donato Next weekend will find me and a host of other artists at the Society of Illustrators in...

John Howe – Drawings

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, June 14th, 2017

– by Donato Giancola The concept artist and illustrator John Howe recently opened an...

Epic Painting – The Fellowship of the Ring

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

The Fellowship in Hollin Donato Giancola 2017 Oil on Panel 65″ x 34″ by...

Post-College Career

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, May 17th, 2017

-By Donato Raunok Fishing Donato Giancola 1992 Oil on Panel book cover sample I had a long,...

Red Haired Warriors

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, April 19th, 2017

by Donato Over a decade ago, on a flight to the San Diego Comic-Con, I created a drawing to pass...

Taking Chances

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, April 5th, 2017

‘Crush’ Rebecca Leveille at Site:Brooklyn photo by Gabriel Cosma by Donato This...

Tools of the Trade

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017

by Donato Every once in a while, during the course of a drawing or painting, I need to turn to my...

Dragon Attack!

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

Shivan Dragon Donato Giancola 2001 copyright Wizards of the Coast by Donato Having a little...

Whiteout

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

-By Donato Claude Monet, Ice Floes, 1893 A recent visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art put me...

Possessed, Prolific, Talented – In That Order

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

-By Donato Dungeons & Dragons Map Donato Giancola ~ 1984 24″ x 18″ ...

The Painter in Oil

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

-By Donato “The Painter in Oil” has become one of the most sought after books on...

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Author: Donato Giancola

Studio Visit with Peter de Sève

Mastering Reference: St. George & the White Dragon

Choosing to be Different

Perpetual Motion Machine

Learning Live

John Howe – Drawings

Epic Painting – The Fellowship of the Ring

Post-College Career

Red Haired Warriors

Taking Chances

Tools of the Trade

Dragon Attack!

Whiteout

Possessed, Prolific, Talented – In That Order

The Painter in Oil

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