What a treat I had last night. RISD CE instructor, Emilie Boon, invited New York Times best-selling author/illustrator Brian Lies to her Illustration III class. Intelligent, well-spoken, down-to-earth, and incredibly talented, his "just us artist's sitting around" presentation was informative and inspiring.
Here, Brian is showing us one of his originals for Bats at the Beach, meticulously painted in acrylics.
Brian was generous enough to share his process, from idea to hand-written text, through multiple revisions, sketches, studies and tracing paper drawings, to color studies and painting. Here he lays a classic acrylic underpainting.
Brian also told us about his latest project, More, which he illustrated. It looks AMAZING!! It will be coming out in March.
Here, students from Illustration III and instructor Emilie Boon get a close up and personal look at Brian's amazing originals. Thank-you so much for your generosity, Brian. Let's hope "More" is a best-seller, too!
Brian is not only an amazing artist, but an incredibly generous person. What a lucky class.
ReplyDeleteOh! I so wish I could zip across the oceans and join in with such a class.
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