Ibuki Satsuki
Ibuki Satsuki (handle: Moyu Zhai) is a Chinese digital artist whose works are often wistful, whimsical and evocative.
Though the characters are manga/anime influenced, they’re not overly stylized. Of most interest to me, though, are the backgrounds and environments. These range from fantastical to more identifiable real world scenes., often with dramatic lighting and Art Nouveau flourishes.
I took particular note of the handling of night subjects in which much of the image is dark, punctuated by artfully controlled elements of light.
Eye Candy for Today: Wyeth’s Evening at Kuerners
Evening at Kuerners, Andrew Wyeth, drybrush watercolor, 25 x 40 in. ( 65 x 101 cm). Link is to a page on Artistic Junkie, large image here.
This is one of my favorites of Andrew Wyeth’s drybrush watercolors, which is saying something, given how much I love those paintings.
This is Kuerner Farm, where Wyeth, who lived just over the hill from the farm, would spend much of his time and paint some of his most iconic works.
I’ve had the pleasure of both seeing this painting in person and painting at this location on one of the opportunites offered by the Brandywine...
Ceramic 03 by Sheng Lam
- more things for Ceramic (still cooking on it)
- more non related drawings over the last few years
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Francesc Masriera
Francesc Masriera i Manovens was a 19th century Spanish painter, noted for his full length portrayals of women in ornate dress or costume, leading him to often being described as an Orientalist.
He was particularly fascinated by the texture and sheen of the fabrics and rendering of the acoutremonts in which his models are arrayed.
Eye Turkey for Today: J.C. Leyendecker SEP cover
Begging for Turkey, J.C. Leyendecker, illustration for Saturday Evening Post Thanksgiving cover, December 2, 1933, oil on canvas, 32 x 24 inches (82 x 60 cm). Link is to the artwork on The Illustrated Gallery, large image here.
Another wonderful display of illustrative finess by the great American illustrator. Leyendecker seems to be way less interested in the turkey or even the dogs, than the lushly rendered attire of our off-balance server.
Eye Candy for today: Van Gogh rock drawing
The Rock of Montmajour with Pine Trees, Vincent van Gogh, pencil, pen, reed pen and brush and ink, on paper, 19 x 24 in. (49 x 61 cm), in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
As much as I enjoy the color in Vincent Van Gogh’s later works, for which he is justly renowned, many of my favorite pieces by him are drawings.
These are technically monochromatic, largely drawn with the same ink in any given drawing, but applied throughout in such varying degrees of appearance that one could think of the variations as colors.
Belying the crudity of his eariest...
Dongfeng Li
Dongfeng Li is a Chinese born artist now living and working in the U.S. Though he also works in oil, his primary medium is watercolor.
With applications both sensitive and brusque, he captures the spirit of places and people, his palette varying with the subject.
There is a video on YouTube by the California Watercolor Association that shows some of his process.
House Of The Dead by Artem Chebokha
Cover illustrations for Nicki Pau Preto's book I made in 2024
OPEN FOR WORK: art.rhads@gmail.com
tutorial about my photoshop technique:
https://artstn.co/m/waxo
Prints:
https://www.artstation.com/rhads/prints
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Sketches
"Outrenoir" by Artem Chebokha
Cover illustrations for Marc J. Gregson's books I made in 2024 and 2025.
OPEN FOR WORK: art.rhads@gmail.com
tutorial about my photoshop technique:
https://artstn.co/m/waxo
Prints:
https://www.artstation.com/rhads/prints
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"The Core" by Artem Chebokha
OPEN FOR WORK: art.rhads@gmail.com
tutorial about my photoshop technique:
https://artstn.co/m/waxo
Prints:
https://www.artstation.com/rhads/prints
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