The DPC Summer Kick-off!

With the PAFA ASE a week past we decided as a group to keep things hot and the palettes flying by getting the group back for painting at least once a week as a group. We want to keep each other going and challenged too. So i booked a model for a few weeks to start the whole thing off and we'll be getting outside to do some landscapes as soon as this dreadful rainy spring weather get's better.
Here is William's start.
Joel's painting.
Dave is off to a strong start.
Joel talks with our model.
Alina's strong start.
Here is my painting after about 90 minutes or so. This week we'll all gather again and go at it---the summer is just beginning!

Annual Student Exhibition (ASE)

Hello Everyone,

In response to David's last post, I decided to add a few photos from this years ASE, held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. I hope you enjoy, for it was a wonderful time for all of us. Please stop by the School if you are in town, the show will be up for quite some time.

This set of photos were taken the week before the show. Below you will see Mike, Joel, Dave and Jane, working to prepare there wall space.

This set of photos were taken during opening night. Below, are the DPC's members standing in front of their walls.

Jane Winter

Joel Shambe

Mike Manley

David Golas

If you have any questions about the shows location, or the duration of its hanging feel free to check out the schools web site.

DPC at the PAFA Graduation!

I snapped this pic tonight of the DPC crew at PAFA's ASE show after the graduation ceremony. Joel Shambe and I, David Golas, graduated today and all four of us: Joel, Jane Winter, Mike Manley and I exhibited at the Annual Student Exhibition. I am very glad to have shared this experience with my friends and I think we all have a lot to be proud of. More pics to come soon!

Jon Foster Show / Portrait Painting

The DPC decided to start the new year off strong and start up our weekly painting/drawing sessions. Today we met up early to see the Jon Foster show, held at The University of The Arts. For anyone who has not seen this show, it's a collection of his digital work. As much as I enjoyed the show, I was kind of hoping to see some of his traditional paintings. Looking at a digital print has no hold over me like a painting. After that we grabbed some lunch and moved along to our painting session.

The photo taken above is of Scott Noel, one of PaFa's greatest professors. Here you can see him working on a large city landscape from observation. Its always quite an inspiration to catch him working on one of his drawings or paintings.



Mike Manley and David Golas grabbing some grub.



Here we have Christine who was initially just visiting us, but instead became our model for the day since our previous model could not make it.



David and Mike painting away



Mike Manley's Painting - Oil on Canvas



William Sentman's (Myself) Painting - Oil on Canvas



David Golas's Painting - Oil on Canvas

DPC in NYC (Expanded)

This Saturday the DPC went out to New York City to visit several galleries.
The first gallery we stopped at was Adelson. Here they had an amazing John Singer Sargent show up. For those who still want to see this show, it will be up until the 18 of December.
The work consists mostly of Sargent's impressionism paintings, with the edition of a couple drawings and portraits.



The girls looking at a portrait of a child by Sargent.


Painting By Sargent

Painting By Sargent

Painting by Sargent

Detail of painting above

Detail of painting above


Lexi and Mike Manley being cute at Adelson Gallery



The next stop was to Wendt Gallery where Casey Baugh has his solo show, Evoquer up.
I have been looking at Casey's work for about two years now and can't get enough. We arrived just before Casey had left and we talked for a bit and had a group photo with him.


Painting by Baugh

Painting by Baugh

Painting by Baugh


Our final stop was to Arcadia Gallery which shockingly again, we turned out lucky. It just so happened to be Malcolm T. Liepke's opening. Here Mike and Liepke are together for a photo. I must say I was really impressed with his work. I had only seen a few paintings by him in the past at the U.S Artist Show.
After our long day of gallery hoping, we met up with our buddy Scott Cohn for some grub and good times.

THE DPC in NYC

The Dirty Palette club hit the big apple to see the Sargent show at the Adelson gallery and the Casey Baugh show at the WEDNT Gallery. The the gang pose with Casey as he was about to leave is show and try and make it to the Sargent show.

Illuxcon 2010

The DPC has taken yet another trip to Altoona, PA for the 3rd annual Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, Illuxcon. Each year the crowed gets larger and larger, and this year was no exception. Unlike most conventions that are more about Hollywood stars, and vendors, Illuxcon brings together the big names working in the Illustration field today, to share their artwork and business advise to the young and old artists who seek it.




Here we are the night before, talking up a storm and goofing off at our friend Mike's house.
This year to avoid any delays in our trip we all slept over.



After the long 4 hour drive, we stopped by our normal hot dog joint for a bite to eat.
great prices and good food.



This was the first lecture on the Saturday agenda. The talk was on the business aspect in the Illustration field. A panel of artists discuss, present, and visualize the various approaches taken to achieve success in a career in the arts, from commercial commissions, to conventions, to gallery exhibits.



Here Donato Giancola was discussing his process to the DPC.
The thing I love about Illuxcon most is how open the professionals are to questions.



Painting by Donato Giancola



Donato Giancola showing us his process starting with the thumbnails in his sketchbook.



This was Erik Gist's first year at Illuxcon. Meeting him was a great inspiration because I have been following this tutorials on his blog for years now. If I could repeat my education all over again with ideal conditions, I would have went over to the Watts Atelier on the west coast ans studied with Gist.



Painting by Erik Gist



Here the DPC talks with David Palumbo, professional Illustrator/Fine Artist as well as a fellow student from PaFa.

Photos by Mike Manley and myself