What’s in CP Magic! December 2021
Featured Artist: John Guiseppi interview and tutorial
Keys to Creating Eye Catching Art
Staying Creative During the Holidays
Featured Artist: John Guiseppi
Interview
John Guiseppi is an accomplished photographer and artist, who combines these two mediums to create stunning, colorful, and true-to-life colored pencil artwork. Whether his subject is botanicals, birds or animals, or classic cars, his goal is technically correct, realistic artwork that catches the attention and draws viewers in.
Tutorial
He shows readers how he achieves those goals with a step-by-step tutorial featuring a Roseate Spoonbill he saw and photographed in the wild. His description of his working methods includes tips on what he looks for in reference photos and how he draws deep, black backgrounds without using special tools or equipment.
This tutorial also gives you an inside look at John’s drawing process.
Keys to Creating Eye Catching Art
Whether you plan on entering your work in online exhibits or not, creating artwork that stands out is important. Your work also needs to stand out if you want to get gallery representation or are seeking commission work. But how do you create artwork that truly stands out from the crowd? Carrie shares three areas that need your attention if you want to create good, eye catching art.
Staying Creative During the Holidays
We’re now in one of the busiest times of the year. Whatever your personal schedule looks like, it’s probably jam-packed with things to do, places to go, and people to meet.
How can you possibly stay creative in the middle of all those activities? Carrie shares the ways she stays creative in even the busiest of times.
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