I really enjoy commissions. I think I like them so much because the commission’s subject usually is a memory, a representation of a significant individual, or an invaluable concept of the patron’s. My favorite part of any commission is the initial conversation I’ll have with the person asking; they’ll usually give me a story or […]Read Post ›
A few years ago, I made some cut paper artwork using Color Aid paper – I had a ton of it from a color theory class in art school. I figured I’d try something new, and it was so different than everything I’d been doing in school; I found the process meditative, but my craftsmanship […]Read Post ›
After looking at countless children’s book illustrations, I started to doubt my drawings for What’s In These Woods? a little. I thought that maybe my compositions didn’t have enough contrast or interesting shapes, or maybe my drawings weren’t illustrative or stylized enough. I tried to boost the contrast and create geometry in my watercolors by […]Read Post ›
The Brain, watercolor, guache, pen; August 2015. The Brain is a cliff at Beauty Mountain, which is part of the New River Gorge in West Virginia. The New River Gorge, and the neighboring Meadow and Gauley River Gorges, and Summersville Lake, are all destination rock climbing areas; they’re considered some of the best sport climbing […]Read Post ›
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Alison Lee Chapman 