ARTIST: Tyson Klein, Canada ARTIST STATEMENT: The Rocky Mountains are a common theme in my artworks. Being raised on the prairies, I have always been drawn to their foreign starkness and scale. I try and spend as many summer weekends as possible in the backcountry of these mountains and usually spend the rest of the year planning hikes for the following summer. I have recently added a sketchbook and set of pens to my hiking gear in an effort to better remember some of the incredible vistas of these trips. This study of Floe Lake in Kootenay National Park, B.C. is one of a few sketches I have b ..read more

We’re announcing today that Stillman & Birn is introducing hardcover landscape sketchbooks made with our extra-heavyweight (270 GSM) papers: Beta, Delta and Zeta series. We’re taking this step in response to repeated artist requests that we expand our range to offer sketchbooks in these series in a landscape format. These new sketchbooks measure 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm) open completely flat for two-page landscape spreads. You can see Don Colley’s (@donald.colley54) test drive of these sketchbooks at this video link: https://youtu.be/_e99jgMKbS0 We thank the following artists for permitti ..read more

ARTIST: Alex Iniguez, United States ARTIST STATEMENT: It took me a long time to land on my “art style” but working with a variety of tools has helped me get to the artistic place I need to be in order to feel like I’m doing my best work, what does this look like? It means throwing everything at the surface I’m working on, everything but the kitchen sink. MEDIA: Watercolors, ink, colored pencils, alcohol markers, airbrush and graphite. SURFACE: Nova Series – Heavyweight – 150 gsm – Beige – Medium Grain Finish ABOUT THE ARTIST: Alex Iniguez is a born and raised Southern California artist. He is ..read more

This is a re-post of New York Times senior art critic Jason Farago’s excellent interactive analysis of the relationship between collage and early cubism. The article focuses on Juan Gris’ mixed media work, “The Table” on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Link to New York Times article: https://nyti.ms/3axG9SZ SURFACE: Paper on canvas MEDIA: Opaque watercolor (gouache?), charcoal, collage The post Collage and Cubism appeared first on Stillman & Birn ..read more

ARTIST: Mark Fraley, United States ARTIST STATEMENT: My sketchbooks are my playground. I find so much pleasure in trying new things. This particular depiction of a bighorn sheep is no different. I knew what combination of elements I wanted to include, but not exactly how they would interact with each other or in what exact manner. I began with a loose ink outline drawing. I followed with the application of torn a map using matte medium. I work a lot in collage aside from sketchbooks, and have a certain affinity for maps. The way they can depict so many ideas or themes make them a really versat ..read more

ARTIST: Monali Haldipur, India ARTIST STATEMENT: I enjoy depicting and visually presenting the scene and objects, the way I interpret it, the way I feel about it. That’s my goal, going the realistic way isn’t. However I do feel that realistic studies are very important to begin with in order to build a strong foundation. Stylization then comes as a building block in the visual journey. I was so captured by the variety of the feathers (being of the same species of bird) and yet the harmony that sung through them, I didn’t dare disturb it. I painted them realistically in the flow. I hope to have ..read more

ARTIST: Aaron Kelly, United States ARTIST STATEMENT: I’m often attracted to spaces and views that I feel are overlooked. Spaces devoid of people or on the backside of a frequently used place. This painting is of the view from my hotel room in Donostia in 2019. (San Sebastián or Donostia is a coastal city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay_Ed.). The streets below were quiet, with the only sound being the occasional taxi tires on the rain-slick road. I wanted to capture this urban midnight stillness. While I occasionally ..read more

ARTIST: Alex Gimein, Russia ARTIST STATEMENT: This picture was drawn on the Ivanovskaya Gorka – my favorite place in Moscow. It’s one of the oldest parts of the city, located on one of the seven Moscow hills, with a lot of alleys, beautiful buildings and churches. I draw here all the time, this view is one of my favorites. All of the line work was made on location with a pen and ink, and painted later in the studio with acrylic markers and colored pencils. MEDIA: Fountain pen, permanent ink, acrylic markers, colored pencils SURFACE: Nova Series – Heavyweight – 150 gsm – Beige – Medium Grain Fi ..read more

ARTIST: Alex Cfourpo, Sweden ARTIST STATEMENT: I like to explore in the local forests on my bicycle and I often take pictures of places that stand out to me. But somehow a picture never really captures the right atmosphere or memory. So I started drawing them instead. Mostly on the rainy days when I don’t go out with the bicycle. I use mechanical pencil for the sketch and different fountain pens and technical drawing pens for the linework. MEDIA: Graphite, Ink SURFACE: Delta Series – Extra Heavyweight – 270 gsm – Ivory – Cold Press Surface ABOUT THE ARTIST: Alex Cfourpo works as a tattoo artis ..read more

via The Van Gogh Blog – via @theartnewspaper It was autumn when Van Gogh first slept in the Yellow House and painted what must be the most famous bedroom in art history. The picture is a still life, although one on an enormous scale. What does it tell us about Vincent’s life on the eve of Gauguin’s arrival? Van Gogh began renting the Yellow House in Arles in May 1888, but it was unfurnished and initially he kept his hotel room and just used the new place as a studio. In August he bought two beds, one for himself and the other for a guest, a fellow artist. He first slept in his own bed there in ..read more