If you’re a Westerner, you’ve seen Arthur Rackham’s work. You may not recognize his name. However, you’ve seen his work in fairy tales when you were little. You’ve more than likely seen the featured image of Little Miss Muffet and the spider. Yes, that is Arthur Rackham. Little Miss Muffet Read more…
Earlier, I wrote about my 4th and 5th favorite artists. Today, I want to give credit to my 6th and 7th favorite artists. As I’ve said before, I love to steal. But I’ll always give credit. My favorite artist series gives credit to which piece of my art technique I Read more…
I’ve said awhile back that if you can’t name 10 artists, you’re a hobbyist, not an artist. I don’t mean that as an insult. I’m just very frank about art. An artist needs to know art history and simply by knowing art history, the artist will know artists. And of Read more…
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my top 3 favorite artists. Alphonse Mucha was one of them. He’s actually my second favorite artist after Waterhouse. If you’re an artist, you should have your favorites. I emphasize the word “favorites” (plural) because if you only have one favorite artist, you Read more…
In my previous blog post about writing a solid artist statement, I mentioned an artist who I visited at an art gallery who couldn’t even name a single other artist. She’s not going to make it. No, I’m not being mean. I don’t wish her ill will. I’m just being Read more…