Mitzuk’s Musings

Real vs. Believable

While in art school I desperately wanted to learn how to make things look real. One of the instructors said to me on several occasions, and I’m paraphrasing here, “is it (the drawing) believable”? Lately this idea has come to the foreground for me and I’m questioning what “believable”...

Composition

I’m working on improving my composition skills. I’m taking a class and the instructor suggested Andrew Loomis’ book “Creative Illustration”. I read this years ago and am re-reading it. There’s so much useful information crammed in its pages! Anyway, I thought I’d share a few other resources I’ve found...

Oil Painting Experiment

I’ve been told not to paint with regular cooking oil. It’s isn’t a drying oil. Instead of just accepting this I got curious. Yesterday I made a little test. I used Raw Umber oil paint (it’s one of the faster drying oil colors on it’s own). The brand I...

MarsCon Minnesota 2016

There’s less than a week away to MarsCon in Minnesota! I’m very excited to be one of the creative guests of honor and am looking forward to participating in the events. I created three original pen and ink drawings for the convention’s program book. The original art will be...

Artist Sketchbook

Keeping an artist journal or sketchbook can be tricky sometimes. Or maybe it feels like a difficult, lengthy chore. Stephan Orsak shared some insights into the artist journal and making it a fun part of the creative process in a recent workshop. I’m not a consistent scribbler. I’d like...