Above the Timberline Radio Play Premiere
This Friday, February 1st at 7pm, the Norman Rockwell Museum presents the first Radio Play of...
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Author: Gregory Manchess
The Illustration Master Class: An Unequaled Opportunity
One year’s example of core faculty and attending guests, from left: Irene Gallo, Iain...
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Above the Timberline Exhibition Premieres at the Norman Rockwell Museum
The Above the Timberline exhibition is now open at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge,...
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A Timberline Painting in Progress
This November, thirty of the originals from my novel, Above the Timberline, will be featured...
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Perfect Passage, Subtle Observations
Frank Tenney Johnson was a fan of doing nocturnes, or night paintings. The conditions to capture a subject absorbed in moonlight depend on your ability to recognize subtle value and color. Specifically value. Study the light in this Johnson painting. Besides the dense, solid black shadows under the horse and foliage, notice how subtle the mountain sits in the background while the cowboy’s shirt floats in the foreground plane of the piece, even though they’re…
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Perfect Passage, 5 Influential Pieces
These are paintings that touch me, push my inner-painter. The visual sense I’ve developed over the...
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10 Things…Brushwork
Inspired by my students, and in response to so many questions, let’s take a look at brushwork...
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Building Passion
In discussion after discussion about what talent is or isn’t, most people get frustrated by the lack of evidence to explain it, that no one has found the signature DNA combination that points directly to a biological giftedness for specific skills. Most people throw up their hands and argue that a person just can’t be a great artist unless they have some sort of abnormal ambition, a driving force, at least that certain something.…
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An Art Education in One Week
We just wrapped up teaching at the eleventh Illustration Master Class. As always, the IMC provided so much energy and inspiration that I’ve returned to my studio with many ideas, many stories, and lots of technical information. This year’s guests included James Gurney, Kent Williams, Tara McPherson, Greg Ruth, Senior Art Director Jeremy Jarvis, Creative Director Lauren Panepinto, Art Dealer Lance Rehs, and Marc Scheff of Every Day Original. IMC is the kind of teaching…
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10 Things…The Little Book of Talent
I recently rediscovered the beautiful practicality of Daniel Coyle’s The Little Book of Talent, 52...
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Phoresis Cover
Some weeks ago, I had the privilege of working with Yanni Kuznia at Subterranean Books, for a...
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Above the Timberline Exhibition
Twenty-five original oil paintings from my novel, Above the Timberline, will be on display in the...
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Cover Painting for ANNEX by Richard Larson
Recently, it was my pleasure to work with Lauren Panepinto of Orbit Books on a cover for the...
Read MoreA Timberline Timelapse
Above the Timberline has been out for two weeks, so I thought I’d share a video of painting...
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10 Things About Visual Storytelling
Tomorrow, October 24th, my novel, Above the Timberline, is officially released! Many of you have...
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