Mark Harchar Illustration

Portrait of Lori

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:44:23 +0000

So I was at this Jack and Jill bridal shower for my wife’s friend. They had food and beer for the guys, so life was ok. I had my camera and the bride to be had a cool look. I figured that since I was doing portrait practice anyway, I would get a reference shot to work from and work on one of her. So I think it turned out good enough that we are framing it and giving it to her. I can’t say that I don’t still have things to learn, but I do think that this is my best portrait to date. It is 11×14, oil on linen. I used Jeremy Lipking’s palette which is listed below.

Palette: Titanium white, cadmium yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, cadmium orange, venetian red, transparent red oxide (my addition), ultramarine blue, pthalo green, golden green (mix of sap green and yellow ochre, ivory black and he pre-mixes this purple mixture of ultramarine blue, alizarin and white which works great for neutralizing skin tones.

Life Drawing at the Philly Sketch Club

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:21:26 +0000

On Wednesday night, I was in Philadelphia for work. I met up with Tony Palumbo and Nonie Nelson and we went to the Philly Sketch Club for their life drawing session. It was by far the best life drawing session I have ever been too. Here are two sketches from that session.

The DrawnToday Podcast Episode #10 is Available!

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:51:38 +0000

Episode 10 has been introduced to the wilds of the internet.

Derek, Marc, Mark, Grant, and Eric talk about a bunch of stuff. But I wasn’t able to make it on the show (that’d be me—>Aaron) so, you’ll just have to miss out on all the cool stuff I would have said. I will hand it to these guys though, they did one hell of a show and covered a ton of topics; like sketchbooks, wacom tablets, studios, painting digital and traditional. I had a great time listening while editing this show so I know you’re going to love this one. So, if you’re not already downloading it in iTunes (and leaving us some feedback) you must be downloading it from the link on the home page.

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New Constant Art Student Post – Henry Yan

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:32:11 +0000

Here is another post from my art analysis blog which discusses the art of Henry Yan.

http://mharchar.blogspot.com/2010/08/henry-yan.html

New Constant Art Student Post – Jeff Jones

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:42:51 +0000

I have posted a new entry on my art analysis blog for artist/illustrator Jeff Jones. Check it out at:

http://mharchar.blogspot.com/2010/08/jeff-jones.html

WELCOME!

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:23:06 +0000

Hello all and welcome to the Mark Harchar Illustration Blog. This is where I will be posting my works in process, sketches, digital underpaintings, doodles, random thought photos and anything else that relates to my work and my process. So check back often!