About the Piece – Making the Wicked Witch of the West

As those of you who subscribe know, I’ve been doing Wizard of Oz inspired work over the past few weeks and this is really just the beginning. Last month I picked up the original novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum and flew through it. It’s a very quick read. It was writtenContinue reading “About the Piece – Making the Wicked Witch of the West”

Video: Drawing the Wicked Witch of the West

Sorry guys, this is a double test post – seeing what video formats work on the blog! Quick little blog post – continuing on with my Wizard of Oz stuff. I drew the Wicked Witch of the West last week and you can see why I can’t always charge commissions by time taken as sometimeContinue reading “Video: Drawing the Wicked Witch of the West”

Video: Drawing the Wicked Witch of the West

    EDIT: Oh boy…so I’ve used Rumble as my video hosting platform here and if you’re viewing this in Reader…the video might not be there. This isn’t starting us off on the right foot I realize, but if you click on here or alternatively BumpkinPatchGallery over there, then click again on BumpkinPatchGallery it’ll takeContinue reading “Video: Drawing the Wicked Witch of the West”

About the Drawing – NC State #1

As I previously mentioned, my plan for this year is to focus on depicting publicly available properties. I started on some basic Americana characters and was thinking about getting in on some of the classic monsters. But, as a detour, as that I’m NC State Alum and there’s an art sale coming up, I decidedContinue reading “About the Drawing – NC State #1”

Creating a Monster

Most of the images we see are in their final state, but they don’t just happen that way-there’s a process. This post will give a basic look at the 4 main stages a piece will go through – each stage is also a potential stopping point in its own right. 1. Concept Before sitting down,Continue reading “Creating a Monster”