This florist van crashed into something jagged, which sliced through it from under the headlight to the side door panel. (Ballpoint pen and gray markers, around 1980.)This was one of the sketches we couldn’t fit into the expanded and remastered edition…
Art: Coles Phillips Your questions about the color black. More on Substack
Art: Coles Phillips Your questions about the color black. More on Substack
FREEWAY OVERPASS, markers and charcoal, 11” x 17”.Why do thumbnails? It’s a low-risk way of thinking visually.My goal here is to capture a feeling of speed and drama. I want to convey the headlong race of forms stretching across the landscape.I try a …
FREEWAY OVERPASS, markers and charcoal, 11” x 17”.Why do thumbnails? It’s a low-risk way of thinking visually.My goal here is to capture a feeling of speed and drama. I want to convey the headlong race of forms stretching across the landscape.I try a …
PATROL HELICOPTER, 1981, gouache on illustration board, 9½” x 13”.Here’s the story:A field in Glendale, California, contains what I’m told is the world’s largest collection of police helicopters. It’s a calm, sunny day, ideal for trying out gouache pai…
PATROL HELICOPTER, 1981, gouache on illustration board, 9½” x 13”.Here’s the story:A field in Glendale, California, contains what I’m told is the world’s largest collection of police helicopters. It’s a calm, sunny day, ideal for trying out gouache pai…
The Artist’s Guide to Sketching isn’t really a “how-to” book, but we do have a chapter with a with a step-by-step sequence explaining a method for achieving accurate measurements and perspective.Here’s how you do it: first rough in the big shapes, chec…
The Artist’s Guide to Sketching isn’t really a “how-to” book, but we do have a chapter with a with a step-by-step sequence explaining a method for achieving accurate measurements and perspective.Here’s how you do it: first rough in the big shapes, chec…
Gang members may look intimidating, but if you catch them in public places, they make great models.Two Young Gang Members, published in The Artist’s Guide to SketchingThis idea applies to goths, bikers, punkers, ravers, metalheads & bodybuilders. I…
