About this episode
Mike speaks to a recent workshop and shares news about upcoming fall events. Marc Taro Holmes joins Mike to share his journey from BFA to concept artist and art direction in the gaming industry. Marc discusses how he got into urban sketching, direct watercolor, and his annual challenges. He also talks about his exploration of oils and maybe a new project to come. His homework will keep you busy ;-) Wild Wonder 2023 - September 13-17 Mike’s workshop at Nature Journaling Week 2023 (replay) Michael Whelan Brom Dungeons and Dragons Boris Vallejo Chris Foss Frank Herbert Forgotten Realms Larry Elmore Brothers Hildebrandt Alberta College of Art and Design Rob McCallum on Drawing Inspiration ( #16 & #33 ) Final Fantasy Game BioWare Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Kenneth Scott ID Software Halo Midjourney DALL-E WildlifeReferences Photoshop beta USK (Urban Sketchers) Worldwide sketch crawl - Enrico Casarosa Pete Scully - fire hydrants Direct Watercolor (Marc Taro Holmes) Rita Sabler Alla prima Captain Tom on Drawing Inspiration (#17) Jeremy Lipking Seven heads human height Cold wax painting Calcium carbonate Velázquez (impasto) Mille-feuille Marc’s watercolor supplies John Singer Sargent 30x30DirectWatercolor NaNoWriMo Uma Kelkar Notan Remington Robinson (altoid tins) Art Toolkit Maria Coryell-Martin on Drawing Inspiration (#85) Liz Steel OneWeek100People Marina Grechanik comic Montreal Comic Arts Festival ===== How to reach Marc Taro Holmes ===== Citizen Sketcher MarcTaroHolmes.com M.holmes.art on Instagram ===== How to reach Mike Hendley ===== MikeHendley.com Instagram @Mike_Hendley Twitter @MikeHendley Mike’s drawing kit Show notes at DrawingInspiration.fm ===== Support the Podcast ===== Support "Drawing Connections" on Substack Buy Me a Paintbrush if you like the show or my work Podcast theme music is “Acid Jazz” By Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/