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How I wanted to put Excalibur through my book cover illustration

There are many many moments in a creative person’s life, where you produce a piece of artwork with a deadline looming and you then just want to tear your hair out. I did this recently with the book cover illustration 

Lori Bentley April 22, 2014March 13, 2015 illustrating, painting Read more

Bridging the gap

I got a request from my friend Leslie of spectacular quilt fame: “Josh’s dear friend Emily is marrying Jeff on Jan 25th. I’m wondering if you could paint a watercolor for them with the intersecting hearts, their names and even

Lori Bentley March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 greeting cards, illustrating, inspiring people, painting, Uncategorized Read more

Portraits – my pre-Christmas challenge

A lot of my work is figurative, especially the illustration, but it has been a long time since I have been challenged to create portraits. I count the onsite sketches I have done over the years as useful exercises in

Lori Bentley January 30, 2014 illustrating, painting, Uncategorized Read more

Advent Challenge 22 – Louise Collis

  Welcome to the wild paint world of Louise Collis. Louise lives and works in Wales where she paints plein air landscapes in oils. I love how the paint is evident, and yet miraculously becomes sea or cliff or beach.

Lori Bentley December 22, 2013December 23, 2013 advent challenge, painting Read more

Advent Challenge 20 – Joan Aiken and friends

James Mayhew posted a link on facebook to a page on the website Illustration Cupboard, where some of Jan Peinkowski’s illustrations are for sale. It was like stepping into a time machine and being whisked back to my childhood. My

Lori Bentley December 20, 2013December 18, 2013 advent challenge, illustrating, inspiring people Read more

Advent Challenge 18 – Angela Smythe

It was one of those viral things, someone likes a page on facebook, and being nosy you go over to have a look and discover someone who tickles your funny bone. That’s how I found Angela Smythe who is based

Lori Bentley December 18, 2013December 17, 2013 advent challenge, Drawing, fun, illustrating, inspiring people Read more

Advent Challenge 16 – Gerard Hendriks

If you like loose and beautiful watercolours then Gerard Hendriks is your man. His style is wonderful –  it is almost as if the paint has been flung at the canvas in sheer joy and formed itself! What I particularly

Lori Bentley December 16, 2013December 11, 2013 advent challenge, inspiring people, painting, Uncategorized Read more

Advent Challenge 14 – Down under

Today we travel Perth, Australia. There are quite a few fabulous designers and artists based in Perth. I found out about them by following Perth Upmarket on Facebook.  How did I find Perth Upmarket? Haven’t a clue! Mokoh Design is

Lori Bentley December 14, 2013December 9, 2013 advent challenge, design, inspiring people, lazer engraving Read more

Advent Challenge 12 – Catherine Rayner

Today’s artist is Catherine Rayner. I admire her wonderful painterly style and how her animal characters are such individuals. Her bio from her website: Award winning author and illustrator Catherine Rayner studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of art. She fell

Lori Bentley December 12, 2013December 10, 2013 advent challenge, fun, illustrating, inspiring people Read more

Advent challenge 11 – Marguerite Brennan

For seven years, I played with clay at the New Jersey Centre for Visual Arts under the gentle guidance of Marguerite Brennan. Marguerite is a an incredibly creative ceramic artist. She specializes in hand building techniques so there is always

Lori Bentley December 11, 2013December 9, 2013 advent challenge, coffee mugs, fun, inspiring people Read more
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