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Wayback Machine by Gurney Journey on Nov 7, 2009 in Academic Painters Blog reader Gene Snyder has shared a great link for old art texts online. He says:I'm a big geek when it comes to art books. I can't get enough of them, especially old ones that were written while the artists or techniques that they are talking about...

The Giant of Nantes by Gurney Journey on Nov 6, 2009 in Pencil Sketching ...

Enchantment Symposium Tomorrow by Gurney Journey on Nov 5, 2009 in Museum Visits Academic Painters Dinotopia Golden Age Illustration Tomorrow the Joseloff Gallery of the University of Hartford in Connecticut will open the exhibition "Enchantment Then and Now: Drawing Connections." The exhibition includes Briton Riviere (above), J.L. Gerome, William Bouguereau, Howard Pyle, NC Wyet...

Sketching the Mechanical Elephant by Gurney Journey on Nov 5, 2009 in Watercolor Painting Pencil Sketching Here's a colored pencil sketch of the Sultan's Elephant, drawn a few days ago from observation in Nantes, France. (Click on the image for a big enlargement.) I took a picture (left) after starting the sketch to show you one way to begin a small drawi...

My approach to portraiture? by Ten Portraits Peaces on Nov 4, 2009 in Marketing To capture the richness of life with a conceptual dimension that makes my paintings unique like my clients. The result, a timeless and contemporary work of art and a treasured heirloom.

BoingBoinged by Gurney Journey on Nov 4, 2009 in Imaginative Realism Thanks to Mark Frauenfelder for mentioning Imaginative Realism on BoingBoing. It was a treat to meet the man behind so many fascinating posts. He's a good artist and a good dad, and he has a bemused, rumpled, curious air about him, something like a f...