Kelley Hensing Solo Show Opening at Last Rites Gallery

Kelley Hensing left Cincinnati several years ago to get her MFA in illustration at School of Visual Arts...

Since then, she has done some amazing work and has a solo show opening at Last Rites Gallery called The Animal Within opening Saturday.

November 22- December 27th, 2014

Opening reception with the Artist, Saturday November 22, 7-11pm

Last Rites Gallery

325 W. 38th Street

between 8th & 9th Avenue

New York City

212-529-0666 

 There is a great write up on her show  on Muddy Colors by Donato Giancola here: http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2014/11/kelley-hensing-last-rites-gallery.html

There is a write up on her studio here on the Hi-Fructose site: http://hifructose.com/2014/11/06/studio-visit-behind-the-scenes-of-kelley-hensings-the-animal-within/

So, if you are in NYC this December, stop by!

Revenge of the Wild
  Artwork © wickiearts/Kelley Hensing

Muddy Colors Article: So you want to be a “book cover artist”

This article by David Palumbo is packed with good advice. I have met many artists whose goals are exactly what is stated here.

There is a lot of interesting work out there beyond the confines of this narrow desire.

http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2014/08/so-you-want-to-be-book-cover-artist.html

Nice Write Up on Illustration Documentaries

Muddy Colors has a nice write up on illustration documentaries including a trailer to the one Woody is working on and has talked about before on this blog.

http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2014/01/whats-up-docs.html

Cool Links: Illostribute Blog

This is a great vintage illustration blog cram packed with pulp covers and other goodies. Nice to bookmark and look around if you are looking for distractions to keep you from making your latest deadline:

Gem from Mitchell Hooks

http://illostribute.com/

I should also mention it is dragon week at Muddy Colors which is fitting for the Year of the Dragon. So check out some of the guest posts they are putting up this week.

http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2012/09/enter-dragon.html

Cool Illustration Blogs and the Process of Making Illustrations

I do not know if anyone has checked this out yet, but it really is cool:

http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/

I know it has mostly fantasy art, but it is cool to see the process from thumb to finish. It is kind of a group version of James Gurney's blog.

I admit, I never really scan or post my thumbnails-I usually throw them away. My studio is a sea of paper as it is. Do you guys archive your whole process?

Here is a sketch from my earlier painting post:

And here are some unused cartoon concepts for an aspect to a book I am painting now (the rest of the art is realistic):