Coming this July! Llewellyn’s 2015 Astrological Calendar Featuring my interpretation of the astrological signs I am pleased to finally post a few of these! As a little taste of what to expect, you can view four of the images in my illustration portfolio here: https://www.christinemitzuk.com/fantasyart/ More information about the...
May72014
New Astrology Themed Art
Apr232014
Oil Painting Demo – Toy Dragon
Today I did an oil painting demo at a local art supply store. You locals probably know I’m a part-time employee there but today I wasn’t. Today I was the “visiting artist”. The manager asked me to “just do your thing”. So I did and I had some fun...
Apr162014
Making Art Soup
It’s bubbling away there on the back burner. My Art Soup. All the ingredients are blending their flavours together to make what is currently my personal way of picture making, or my style I suppose. Some ingredients I was given. Some I deliberately sought out. Some just kind of...
Mar262014
Sketchbook Smear Relief and Some Doctor Who Fan Art
I wanted practice drawing people. What better way than to combine learning with fan art of Doctor Who? In the past when I’ve kept a sketch book the pencil would rub off on the adjacent page. This has always frustrated me. Capturing a likeness can be frustrating, why compound...
Dec312013
Portrait Practice
I’ve been studying Valentin Serov’s portraits. He was a Russian artist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I love his dancing, searching line mixed in with bold marks and wanted to experiment with that. A few Saturdays ago I had some extra time and got to attend the...