Charitable Giving Giving Back by Putting Your Gifts to Use Charitable giving can be one of the most rewarding parts of people’s lives. Those on the receiving end are grateful in ways most people can’t imagine. The real depths of the ways in which they benefit will probably never really be known by anyone […]
How To Get Creative When You Run Out of Ideas It’s Not Rocket Science Get creative! But how do you do that when you run out of ideas? For a creative person, it can get super frustrating when that happens. Not too long ago I wrote a post called What to Draw? What Happens When […]
Hayao Miyazaki Coming Out of Retirement for One More Film Hayao Miyazaki, beloved animator and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, announced that he will be coming out of retirement (again) to do just one more film. Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and […]
Why Animals Instead of People? More Than Just a Passing Phase Why animals instead of people? Primarily, my drawings are of animals, from domestic to wild. Some artists I know almost exclusively draw people. In fact, that’s most artists that I know. For me, drawing people used to be just a small blip on my […]
Color Theory Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green Color theory has long been the bane of my existence. …Okay, maybe I’m being a little dramatic here. But working with color has never been something I have been 100% comfortable with. I started with pencils, as in your average school fare Ticonderoga #2. I’ve graduated since […]
Black and White vs Color My Preference Black and white vs color? That is the question. If you’ve followed this blog or my artwork for any period of time, you know that my preference is black and white. For some reason, it always has been. And I do believe it always will be. Why, though? […]
Artist Bob Corujo Virtually Unknown Even Though Millions Have Seen His Work Like millions of others, I had never heard of artist, Bob Corujo until I saw this CBS segment of the now retired 60 Minutes artist. That’s right. Bob Corujo was the artist behind the incredible artworks, known to the 60 Minutes crew as […]
How to Silence the Inner Art Critic And How to Turn It to Your Advantage One of the toughest things to do is silence the inner art critic. Ultimately, that’s your ego talking. And ego is always anxious to point out our short-comings. The opposite side of the ego’s spectrum is the distorted view that […]
George W Bush The Artist? Who knew I had anything at all in common with the 43rd president of the United States, George W Bush? Turns out the man is an artist! An avid painter, as a matter of fact. Apparently the former POTUS posted this Instagram pic of himself a few days ago, on […]
Studies vs Copies What’s the Difference? Studies vs copies. What do I mean by this? Well, if you’ve ever been to art school, chances are you’ve had to do master study or two. A master study is when you take a work done from one of the great masters (Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Monet, DaVinci, etc.) and […]
Mother’s Day always provides a challenge to find the perfect gift for mom. When I discovered Myra’s portfolio I knew instantly she had the artistic talent to execute my vision. After a brief review of my requirements and a week of time I was rewarded with an amazing portrait of my mom’s prized Siamese cat. The piece is so lifelike you want to touch it. Thank you for delivering more than I even imagined!
- Brandon R
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