MARK SLATERS SKETCHBLOG AND JOURNAL

I am loving Mark Slaters take on batman villians He is such a fabulous artist and well worth a peek
He has created some amazing portraits too including
CLINT EASTWOOD,
GERARD WAY,
(the wonderful)CARY GRANT,
and a fabulous DAVID GROHL
find his wonderful sketch blog here
MARK SLATERS SKETCHBLOG AND JOURNAL

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AMAZING GRAPHITE ARTIST
GENE PLOSS

Getting back to the subject of aceo's and artists trading cards take a look at GENE PLOSS an amazingly tallented graphite artist

here is his bio in his own words
I am a fine artist and illustrator living in Buffalo, New York with my lovely wife Janice. I sell my work on ebay and do commissioned pieces on a regular basis. I also have a long term illustration project for bibleoftheday.com




http://www.geneploss.blogspot.com/

Akiane Kramarik


Ten-year-old prodigy Akiane Kramarik shares her artwork, poetry, and the fascinating story surrounding her talent.
Growing up in a home with an atheistic mother and a non-participating Catholic father did not stop four-year-old Akiane Kramarik from finding God. This girl's dreams began a conversation in the home that has eventually brought them all to Christianity and the world's attention. Akiane: Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry is a collection of the best of Akiane's full-color paintings and poetry created from ages 4 to 10, along with details of her family and the amazing stories that surround each unique artwork. Already a media professional, Akiane has been interviewed on programs such as Oprah, World News Tonight, Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN, and Schuller's Hour of Power. Akiane will be one of twenty visual artists participating in the October "Listen" event raising money for the world's needy children. Today Akiane's art is available online at www.artakiane.com

Fancy a beautiful portrait of your pet well click the banner above and head on over to Melanie Phillips website. She is an amazing artist and produces some of the finest pet portraits.
A little more about Melanie below.....

MELANIE PHILLIPS

Melanie Phillips is a professional animal and wildlife artist. She was accepted for one of the few places available on the Natural History Illustration course at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design and trained under a variety of prestigious artists. She passed with distinctions and now runs her own successful business as an animal portrait artists along with her partner Nick Beall whom she met at art college, and is also a portrait artist.

Melanie joined the team of London art college course artists about 10 years ago and has written and tutored a variety of courses including the young artists courses and the coloured pencil course. Due to the success of her own business and her artwork, she now concentrates on the Pet Portrait course and the Young Artist courses she has written and illustrated, to which she devotes a lot of time guiding her students in the right direction.

The majority of her portrait commissions come from America and she enjoys creating portraits in a variety of mediums. She uses Graphite Pencil, Coloured Pencil, Pastel and Acrylic however she is best known for her Oil paintings on canvas.

Her website is -

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