Bill Sanderson

Bill Sanderson is a freelance illustrator with a long career in editorial and comercial illustration as well as bok publishing.

Sanderson works in the fascinating method of scratchboard, in which a specially prepared board is coated with ink, and the image is created by scratching white areas out of the ink with sharp tools.

While not a popular medium becsuse of the painstaking process required, not to mention the kind of reverse thinking of the light out of dark process, the results can be unique and quite wonderful.

In Sanderson’s case, he uses the medium in a style that...

Eye Candy for Today: Arthur Streeton’s Australia Felix

Australia Felix, Arthur Streeton, oil on canvas, 35 x 59 in. (90 x 151 cm), link is to Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Australia Felix is Latin for “dortunate Australia”, referring to fertils plains in Western Australia.

Brilliant Australian painter Author Streeton, who was activein th elate 19th and early 20th centuries, gives us a grand sweeping view of the Australian landscape, but touched with nuances of suggested detail, like the houses to the left in the middle ground (images above, second down).

The logs and trees...

"Virgo" by Artem Chebokha

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New Pochade Boxes Special Featured Article

In the past I’ve done several articles on pochade boxes and other painting systems. I’ve tried over time to follow up with update articles as the market changes, but I finally realized the usual post format wasn’t ideal for this.

So I’ve created a separate permanent page, rather than a temporary post, that consolidates what I’ve found. I intend to keep updating this as time goes on.

I’ve tried to give an overview of most of the major commercial pochade boxes that I am aware of. These are not reviews, but simply overviews based on the information I can...

Dragonwatching 🐉👀 by Daniele Turturici

Toward the end of spring, the ancient dragon Dorain begins his yearly migration to the cooler lands. If you happen to be there at just the right time, you can witness the full spectacle as he crosses the Montyr Mountains. Over the years, dedicated dragonwatchers have mapped out countless viewing spots along the route, always discovering new vantage points to catch a glimpse of this incredible event.

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N.C. Wyeth’s Independence Day

Independence Day (At Concord Bridge), N.C. Wyeth, oil on canvas, 33 x 30 in. (85 x 77 cm), Image is from a Sotheby’s auction in 2021. (Click on the image twice to get the larger version.) Presumably the original is in a privete collection.

The great American painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth, like his teacher and mentor, Howard Pyle, painted a number of paintings depicting the fledgling years of our republic.

Here, he shows the Colonial Militia at Concord’s North Bridge, ostensibly on Independence Day, even though the initial battle of the bridge actually occurred more than a year...

Dorothea Lange. Tulare County. FSA camp for migrant agricultural...

Dorothea Lange. Tulare County. FSA camp for migrant agricultural workers. Nursery. 1939

"Steelborn" by Artem Chebokha

Two covers for "Steelborn", a book by Taylor J. LaRue

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John Mattos (update)

John Mattos is an award winning illustrator with an impressive client list, based in California, who I first featured back in 2008.
He works in a beautiful Art Deco influenced style that takes advantage of the crispness and smooth areas of gradients made possible by vector art.

His striking compositional sensibility has produced a number of famous and influential posters, and his work is featured in the collections of museums and of influential figures in film, technology and other sectors.

I particularly enjoy his often subtle value relationships, that make his work both bold and refined simultaneously.

I came across...

Eye Candy for Today: Godward’s Under the Blossom…

Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough, John Willian Godward, oil on canvas, 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81 cm). Link is to file page on Wikimedia Commons, original is in a private collection.

Neo-Classical Victorian painter John William Godward was known for his portrayals of beautifully dressed women lounging amid idyllic classical architecture, much in a similar vein to Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

Here the model is surrounded by blossoms, both in the tree overhead and the irises in the foreground. I like the little touches of fallen blossoms at the base of the structure under the urn.

Lines and Color

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