Journalist Illustrators

Thursday, April 15, 2010

SHOULD THERE BE A "FAIRIES DAY??" or is it, more open to interpretations if we make a "FAIRY-TALES" Day?

Last of the Pirates...

Alan poses as a Chef....Too chilly to go outside; we were planning to draw him on the checkerboard piazza.

One of Alan's aprons is illustrated with a Baroque engraving of "The Green-Grocer" fantasy.

The only Chef's hat we have is embroidered in 'gold'..."Sweet Cook".

Paul Demakes' wife, April, turned up at the Illustrator's opening at #301 after classes in full Piratical gear. The exhibit's wallgraphics seem directly connected to their story-book looks.

Did we show you all our Pirate shots?

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

About Narrative Figure Class...

We draw directly from live models, each clothed in costumes from our extensive Costume Collection. Sometimes the models are placed in narrative settings, and sometimes the students are asked to create a narrative setting around the costumed figure. Sometimes image "clippings" from various sources are offered to the students, such as architecture, furniture, props, even other characters that might appear in a narrative setting, to inspire students' compositions. Once a month, they choose one of their classwork drawings and fully develop it, in medium of their choice, into a complete narrative illustration.