Author Archives: Brian Riley

About Brian Riley

Managing Editor, Drawing Magazine

A Show of Hands

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Brian Riley

Study of a Handby Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

A Show of Hands: Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections, 1600-1900 Through June 17 The Huntington Library Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room San Marino, California www.huntington.org When looking at the body of work of most figurative artists, it’s not … Full Article

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Lets Do the Time Warp

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Brian Riley

Over the last week or so, I’ve come across a few time-lapse videos of people creating art, and even though they all aren’t drawing-specific, I wanted to share. I love watching time-lapse videos of art being made because you get … Full Article

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Marvin Saltzman Online Gallery

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Brian Riley

In the Spring 2013 issue of Drawing, we featured the work of Marvin Saltzman, a painter who, when looking for inspiration, travels the world and draws the places he visits. In the issue we focused on his graphite pieces. Here, we … Full Article

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New eMag! How to Draw People

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Brian Riley

Check out the latest eMagazine, brought to you by the editors of Drawing and The Artist’s Magazine, for great tips on how to draw people. Get key lessons from artists Janvier Rollande and Joy Thomas on how to create dynamic graphite and … Full Article

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Shop the Spring Clearance Event!

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Brian Riley

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The Sketchbook Project: Online Gallery

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Brian Riley

Even though it is, in most cases, an artist’s least seen work (often by design), a sketchbook can offer the most intimate view into an artist’s process. It is there that moments of high creativity come to life in the … Full Article

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New eBooks available!

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Brian Riley

Check out the new eBooks available through the Artist’s Network eBook Club here. Get access to virtual library of art instruction with more than 100 titles from the publishers of North Light Books. There’s a robust list of Drawing-focused books available, and … Full Article

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Enter The AcrylicWorks Competition!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Brian Riley

There’s still time to enter. The deadline for entering AcrylicWorks has been extended to March 1st, 2013! Be a part of AcrylicWorks: The Best of Acrylic Painting, North Light Books first annual hardbound showcase of the best in contemporary acrylic! … Full Article

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Thomas Kegler Online Gallery

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Brian Riley

Dusk at Zoar Valley - Psalm 9:9
by Thomas Kegler, oil on linen, 15 x 30.

In the Winter 2013 issue of Drawing magazine, we featured artist Thomas Kegler’s landscape sketches, which the artist uses to understand the “anatomy of the landscape.” Here, we feature some of the artist’s finished landscape paintings. For more information, visit … Full Article

Drawing, Fall 2012

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Brian Riley

One of the most daunting challenges artists face is instilling a sense of movement and action into a drawing or painting. Just as artists must conjure a three-dimensional image on a two-dimensional picture plane, they must also create the … Full Article

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