Let’s Draw Real-Life Dragons
Drawing from life is hard. And drawing from life that insists on being alive and wandering off or...
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Anatomy of an Illustration Prompt: MtG Style
In my time working as an illustrator in gaming and as a concept artist in video games, I’ve...
Surviving Freelance Illustration
We are on entirely new ground here. The world hasn’t experienced something quite like this before....
Loosening Up
Private commission, 20×28 inches, oil on panel, 2016 When I was a student, the only way I...
Mental Illness and Artists
There is a myth that pervades the art world that I think is very harmful and would like to address...
10 Things…Color
This is the post that many have asked me to write for a long time. Color is such a personal aspect...
Bouguereau’s “The Oreads” and Photographing Artwork in Museums
by Howard Lyon detail from The Oreads by William Bouguereau I just returned from France....
10 Things About Being An Artist Married To An Artist
-By Vanessa & Ron Lemen Below is a Q&A about what it’s like to be an Artist...
10 Things…Painting Like a Writer
Flow…one of my stream-of-consciousness pieces…but even when the elements barely...
Frisket film
I paint with acrylics. And like to paint on paper, because I enjoy the feeling of the thinned...
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