Kathyrn

This is one of the new paintings that I did for my new book SEILER 2008-2009. The painting is based off the likeness of my wife Kat. The purpose of this piece wasn't humor, rather I was going for something beautiful and fun. I wanted to portray a vampyre-like beauty without being too obvious. I was careful to hint only a slight fang or two. My wife isn't one who enjoys being drawn. So I was also trying to create something that she would enjoy and approve of. Happily I received her blessings. I started this piece off as a simple line drawing, and then slowly built up my values. When finished, I put slight hits of color in areas around her eyes, nose and mouth to suggest a bit of warmth.

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Short little interview at Sketchophrenia.com!

I had the honor of being interviewed yesterday by Sketchophrenia, a short little interview, click
here to read and also check out the other cool things on their site!

John Dillinger Acrylic W.I.P. & new Painting Course at Schoolism.com!

Today we started filming me paint a small acrylic of John Dillinger for a new course I'm developing for Schoolism. My new course for Schoolism, "Painting with Jason Seiler" will cover painting both digitally as well as traditionally with acrylics. Learning how to paint with acrylics, how to mix the correct values, how to build a painting and so forth. I'll share more info on this course as I get closer to announcing the first semester.





The first stages of the block in . . . starting simple, blocking in shape and looking for the correct values.







More to come as I continue to develop the painting. This is about as far as I got in a little less than an hour put into it.

Frank McCourt Portrait

This is a portrait I painted this past Thursday for The Weekly Standard. I started painting around 9:00 a.m. and painted until midnight that night . . . got up at the crack Friday morning and finished the painting around 10:00 a.m.

Frank McCourt, the Irish American author, was best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela’s Ashes that chronicled his impoverished upbringing. Frank passed away last Sunday. He was 78.





I was told that because of Frank's passing, they would like me to paint a respectable portrait rather than a caricature. These are two of my more refined sketches that I shared with them, I did a couple others that didn't quite feel right to me.







Phases one and two of the painting . . . My influence artistically for this piece was my favorite illustrator, Norman Rockwell. I was also inspired by the palette of Rembrandt and Zorn Anders, or at least the look that they achieved. I was also taken by Michael J. Deas's recent painting of FDR, that he painted for TIME.





Phases four and five.




Detail of final painting. I spent a long time working on the eyes and mouth, I painted the eyes a couple times, for a while they just didn't feel right. I took a break, rested my eyes, came back and saw what was bugging me . . . fixed it and whalla! For me, once the eyes are right, I can be loose and much more expressive, and have more fun!

John Dillinger Quick Sketch

Just a quickie, I'm working on a couple acrylics, will share some progress with those soon.

DVD and Book News!
All books and DVDs that were purchased before today have been shipped!

Schoolism News!
My next course starts this Friday on the 24th, I still have a couple slots open, but hurry and sign up because I only take 15 students a semester. Click here for more info on my class and Schoolism!

Other News!

I started an Etsy store where I will sell original drawings, sketches, paintings, prints and more! The items for sale on Etsy will change from month to month. Click here to see two brand new original paintings that are now for sale.

Seiler Depot

DVD's are here!

The DVD's finally came!!! Visit my online store to order the DVD! For those of you who have pre-ordered the DVD or my new Book, I have started the shipping process! I have sold a lot of DVD's and books, it will take me a little bit to get it all together, but you should receive your book or DVD within a week or so! Thank you all for your support!!!




My baby girl Ava thinks these are all for her!



Sketching with Jason Seiler DVD $35.00 + Shipping.

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New Book is HERE!

The books have arrived! This book is "The Best of Jason's Art" created during the 2008- to present day. This is an oversize volume which includes a fantastic and thorough 4 page painting tutorial and some never before seen pieces.














There are a lot of nice surprises in this book one being highly detailed close ups of selected paintings. Jason enjoys painting and brush work and loves to share the detail of his brush work.

Hard cover, 9x12 inches, 48 pages, full-color, full bleed, sewn pages.
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SEILER 2008-2009 $25.00 + Shipping.

Jimmy Fallon sketch!

Just for fun, a quick warm up for practice, sketching with photoshop. I started first by blocking in with a fleshy color then painted in black and white values on top . . . no rhyme nor reason, just because I enjoy painting.





Here's a pic I took while working on it.






I attended this convention last year, was honored to have won a few awards, but more than anything, it is a great way to learn and have fun with fellow artists!
For those of you who may not have heard, the National Caricaturist Network has a new name. It is now the ISCA, which stands for the International Society of Caricature Artists. So now the NCN Annual Caricature Convention will be known as the ISCA Annual Caricature Convention.

Speaking of the convention, I wanted to tell everyone here about the big news. This year's annual convention is taking place at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio from November 2nd through the 7th. And the best part is this year's theme: MAD Magazine! We have four top artists from MAD as our guests of honor: Sam Viviano, Mark Fredrickson, Hermann Meija and Tom Richmond. And also for the first time, they are allowing NON-members to come and attend the guest speaker seminars for a special price. All the info can be found here.



I also would like to share a Book my Dad has for sale, you can check out more on my Dad by clicking here. This book is a MUST for anyone serious about painting!

Beginning of a new Acrylic painting!

The first steps of a new acrylic painting . . . 20" x 30"



. . . I'll continue to share the process as I paint, this is about two hours into the painting . . . a long ways to go!

First Lady Warm Up Sketch

A quick warm up of First Lady Michelle Obama . . . I'm currently working on a large acrylic of a favorite band of mine . . . I plan to share some of the process here as I work on it.

NEWS
My most recent George Lucas painting can be seen in the latest Communication Arts Illustration Annual 50! I'm honored to be in this book with so many awesome artists! Some really great work, a lot of talented artists and a nice variety of styles.

BOOK and DVD.

I want to thank all who have purchased my new Book and DVD, pre-orders started on the 25th of June and have been coming in strong. I will receive the DVD's sometime next week and will begin shipping immediately. Thank you for your patients!


Click here to PRE-ORDER my New Book and DVD.

Book, SEILER 2008-2009 $25.00 + Shipping.
DVD, Sketching with Jason Seiler $35.00 + Shipping.

Anyone know what's going on in Iran? Anyone tired of what's going on in L.A.

Quick warm up sketch of some Iranian guy . . .
Wasn't there something going on in Iran? How's that going CNN?

On a different note! My Book and DVD.

The Books and DVD's have not yet arrived, but should arrive to me sometime this week. However, they are separate products and will come on different days, so if you've ordered both there's a chance you'll get one before the other. I'll post right away when I get them so stay tuned!

Schoolism

I have a few spots left open for my course on Caricature at Schoolism. The course starts on July 24th, any questions about Schoolism, can be emailed to me or the Schoolism staff. My class is filling up so sign up today!

Click here to PRE-ORDER my New Book and DVD.

Book, SEILER 2008-2009 $25.00 + Shipping.
DVD, Sketching with Jason Seiler $35.00 + Shipping.