I start with a light pencil sketch. Since I do a lot of my work with graphite, I try to keep from getting to much shading with the pencil. You only want to really add the shadow areas. Then I … Continue reading Tauriel Step by Step
There! Do I have your attention? I didn’t exactly fib to you. I do have ACEO Sketch Card Prints for sale and YES some are naked! I have them for sale on Ebay CLICK HERE I have all of my … Continue reading Nude Sketch Card Prints!!!
I just recently purchased another sketch book. I think without realizing it, artists tend to theme their sketch books. Maybe it’s just me. Anyways, skulls seems to be the subject for this book. I need something to draw so I’m … Continue reading Unholy
It’s been a little while since I added to my Lil Zombies Undead collection. I started thinking, well it’s getting close to Halloween, and nothing says Halloween like a Nightmare. So…. I sketched something up. The Sketch is for sale if anyone is interested. Just email me at contact@garyrudisill.com Then I started inking. Then, the colors…..oh the colors!!! and finally. Complete! The final is also for sale check out my Etsy Store CLICK HERE Continue reading One, Two, Freddy’s Coming for You!!!!
October is right around the corner and you all know how I love Inktober! Recently, I decided to try my hand at some Money Art. I purchased a few uncut sheets and I have some super ideas. First, I needed to give it a test run. Yes, another Crash Course in Brain Surgery. I thought maybe some skulls would be cool. Then I thought some kind of Vampire/Demon Skulls would be super cool. So, to work I went. After a few hours I came up with what I refer to and have titled “The UnHoly Trinity” It is currently for … Continue reading The Making of the UnHoly Trinity
As an artist who makes a living from his art, it really warms my heart to see just how much a role our local High School art teacher, Lisa, plays in the lives of her young students. My daughter, being one of them. Let me explain. Tonight, after a long day of running Nikki to the airport an hour and a half away. Not to mention, we left the house at 1:30am. Pretty much stopped long enough to dump her off. Tuck and Roll, we refer to it as. Headed back home, just in time to get the kids off … Continue reading High School Art Teachers- How I got to Where I am Now Part 2
An old art school friend of mine recently found me on Facebook after about, well almost 20 years. See! Facebook isn’t all bad. Anyways, he sent me a PM (private message) letting me know that he and his wife would like to get together with Nikki and I sometime. Excited, I replied right back wanting to set a date. So after a few schedule conflicts we set the date. We were going to meet for supper on April 11th at The White Rose Bar & Grill in York PA, one of Nikki and I’s favorite haunts (I heard that on … Continue reading Going to Boonsboro
This is a quick sketch of Jim Parsons aka Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory) Yes it’s a quick sketch. If I complete a drawing in one sitting, it’s quick. I just put on some music that moves me. That’s the awesome thing about iPhones!!! Ear buds and music…puts you in your own world. I went back to the 80s and dug up some Bruce Hornsby. Continue reading Bazinga!!! Quick Sketch.
Title: Soft Rains of April by Gary Rudisill Size:30″ x 40″ Oil on Canvas Date of Created: February 6, 2015 This is a commission piece of art. Purchased by a friend of ours as a gift to her niece, on this date, February Sixth, the year Two Thousand Fifteen. These people are personal to me so I will tell the story from that point of view: Sheila texted me, expressing she wanted me to create something original for Alyssa. She had recently moved into her first apartment. Sheila wanted something for her to hang above her couch. We discussed sizes and finally … Continue reading Soft Rains of April by Gary Rudisill
This is the fifth drawing of the Ireland series and the most dearest to my heart. Even though none of the reference pics or model were from Ireland, the inspiration came to me while visiting Ireland. This was a trip my wife and I took about 8 months after my father’s passing. He fought esophageal cancer for over a year, with operations and chemotherapy. As a son, this was a terrible hard thing to watch someone you love go through. Now, with tears in my eyes as I write this, I feel the need to explain this in the best … Continue reading The Story of Windsong
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