Water baby

I like to work from photos, especially when the subject is tiny and might move. Photos also have the benefit of capturing exactly how light was falling on a subject in a given moment. To make the pain

Find out how EL GUNTO improvises a T-rex from scratch, using contrast, shapes and more for a striking illustration

When possible, I paint with the object in front of me. It is important to be able to feel it, look at the texture and observe the way light hits form. This butterfly had died with its wings downwards,

I took a slightly different approach to this pet portrait than I would normally do. Rather than looking for a ‘story’ within the image, I decided to just concentrate on the beauty and character of the

Painting wildlife is beset with difficulties not often experienced with other genres. This style of painting can be divided into many categories. One of the problems of painting wildlife is that anima

Any painter who has tackled the challenge of capturing wildlife will know it presents one obstacle more significant than any other: movement. Before the development of photography, this challenge was