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Featured Artist – Mariano Fortuny

Mariono Fortuny is a painter I just recently discovered.  His brushwork is very lively and in many ways reminds me of the impressionists. Any way below are some of his images and you can read more about him at this link.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Fortuny_%28painter%29

Infected

Well my computer came up with a severe infection. So bad in fact I had to end up reinstalling everything. So it will probably be a day or two before I can start doing updates again.   Any way just wanted to let every one know … Continue readingInfected

Featured Artist – Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille

Today’s featured artist is the great 19th century military painter Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille. Below are some samples of his work and links. Links http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=63 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Detaille  

Patrick’s Sketch Book 01

Thought I would start a sketch book category to show some of my sketches and studies. Always find it helps keep me motivated to practice:) Here is the fist value sketch in acrylics.