The Abstract Original Contemporary Paintings of Mark Yearwood on Etsy

 

A journey for the eyes and the mind… Mark Yearwood’s graphic design background and love of architecture are evident in his structural and atmospheric abstract acrylic paintings that masterfully balance rich, yet selective color palettes.

 

Vivid textures and patterns are structured by abrasive shapes to represent the connection between nature and man-made things. With this in mind, one could get lost exploring the subtle spaces and dramatic color tensions that Yearwood creates on canvas using palette knives and other paint application tools.

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Illustrator Steph Baxter Says Hello on Facebook

 

The feel good illustrations of Steph Baxter will certainly help you kick those Monday blues. Let's start the week off with some happiness and let's serve it up Steph Baxter style - with hand drawn lettering, silly characters and fabulous paper cut scenes.

 

 

 

A recent graduate of Leeds College of Art and Design, Steph is an illustrator out on her own, working in a little town just outside of the city of Leeds in the UK.

 

There are so many of Steph's delightful illustrations to look at, you really have to see more for yourself.

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HOW Recognizes Illustration Pages as a Top 10 Site For Designers

Isn't it wonderful to start off the week with good news? On Monday we received an email stating that the Illustration Pages site was chosen by HOW as one of the "Top 10 Sites For Designers" for the month of March. This is quite an honor when you consider the number of websites out there - and when you consider the fact that HOW is one of the most widely respected magazines in the industry today.

It's nice to have the opportunity to blow your own horn. But this is also an opportunity to thank all of you. The site wouldn't be what it is without all the fantastic artists that submit their links, participate through comments, fan the Facebook page and simply visit the Illustration Pages site to see what's new. So hats off to Illustration Pages and hats off to you. Don't forget - keep those submissions coming. We have some great things in store for everyone.

Let's continue to spread the word about you and your work through Illustration Pages.

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Find Inspiration in Another Artist's Process: Taking a Workshop from Illustrator Edel Rodriguez

Contributed by Melissa Kojima

If you're staring at the blank page or the blank screen and can't think of what to create, why not see what someone else is doing? Sure, you've kept many sketchbooks full of ideas and a few of those where scribbled on a dirty cocktail napkin as you enjoyed a beer with a friend. But right now, when you need a hit of inspiration, the dirty napkin ain't doin' it for you. Where else can you go for a jolt of creativity? You might find it by learning another artist's process.

When I took award-winning Edel Rodriguez's printmaking workshop, I found a lot of inspiration. From the photos below, you can see that Edel is the one in the green striped polo shirt, and if you were wondering, I'm the one in the gray hooded sweatshirt.



He taught us his whole process. Until then, it was a mystery to me. I think he liked that so many people thought his process was more complicated because it has many of the qualities and textures of screen prints or etchings. But it is much simpler, and easier than making those kinds of prints.



He uses mono-printing techniques to get the same qualities of etchings or screen prints. Since his work must be finished quickly for editorial work, this process works well. For the dark lines, he imitates the etching look by rolling oil based printing paint on a paper and then draws on the back of it and onto whatever surface he wants the lines upon. For the color, he either uses chalk pastels which he applies before he draws the dark lines on top of them or uses acrylic paint. If it is acrylic paint, he rolls out the color onto a roller and applies it on a mask he had cut out from frisket film with a razor blade.


He makes sure that the color isn't even and perfectly solid, the way that screen printing can look if the color isn't evenly distributed upon the cloth. He said he also looks for different things to give strange and interesting textures to his work. For example, bubble wrap can give the evenly distributed dots for a background or a person's clothing or the center of a flower. Just roll acrylic paint on the bubbles and pat it down onto whatever surface you want it.

Seeing what I thought was a complex process simplified really inspired me. It also made me view bubble wrap as I had never seen it before. And it made me keep an eye out for turning the mundane object into something unexpected and fun.

Digital Artist and Fantasy Illustrator Schin Loong on Facebook

Schin Loong is a fantasy illustrator working out of Atlanta, Georgia. A recent graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, Schin's work has appeared in many publications, including, The Pepper Tree Magazine, Exotique 5: The World's Most Beautiful CG Characters, CHEW Magazine Fantasy Issue and the published volume of student work for the Society of Illustrators.

 

 

 

Although Schin has a solid foundation in illustration working with traditional mediums such as markers and watercolors, many of her illustrations are created digitally using Photoshop. Schin Loong's digital paintings of alluring, sensuous subjects in mythical environments are rendered exquisitely, employing all the basic understanding of anatomy and composition as well as realistic lighting and tonal values.

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The Fine Art Painting of Becky Joy on Facebook

 

The bold, purposeful brushstrokes of Arizona artist, Becky Joy seamlessly meld together to create calming scenes of nature and skillfully rendered still life paintings.

 

One of the fascinating things about Becky's still life paintings is that there's nothing "still" about them. Her energetic brushstrokes display a strong sense of movement that leads the viewer's eye throughout the canvas. This is also true of Becky's landscapes. Rich layers of paint and an expressive style give each of Becky's paintings depth and texture.

 

 

Light breaking through trees or reflections off the water, and shadow filled rock crevasses, are all carefully considered details and just as much a part of the subject matter as the full landscapes themselves.

The unyielding beauty of Becky Joy's paintings coupled with the number of paintings to choose from, made selecting a few for this feature an almost impossible task.

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Yuliya, Fantasy Illustrations on Facebook

The fantasy art of Yuliya is a state of euphoria almost certainly like no other you've known before.

There's so much detail to absorb in her spellbinding illustrations you don't look at them you experience them.

 

These are illustrations you absorb bit by hypnotic bit; each illustration a bountiful treasure of color, intricate detail, patterns and boundless imagination that transport you to a place of fantastic dreams.

 

Yuliya's illustrations are flowing streams of happiness cascading over your eyes and flooding your mind with rippling thoughts of joy.

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