Many artists have moved on this year.

This year has seen the passing of Jean Giraud (aka Moebius), Tony DeZuniga, Ernie Chan, and a few others.

Soltero & Nebres at SD Comic Con International

 Get ready for Comic Con International.

Thursday, 7/12/12, 5:00p.m. - 6:00p.m.,

Figure Drawing for Popular Media,  Emilio Soltero, PhD (Draw the line; Figure It Out; John Buscema: A Life in Sketches) and Rudy Nebres (Conan, Dr. Strange, John Carter [Marvel] ) present a primer on drawing the figure for popular media, including drawing for comics and character design. The focus will be on anatomy and figure drawing. Emilio and Rudy will lecture and demonstrate on figure drawing. There will be time to draw as well. Join Emilio and Rudy for this active presentation. Come ready to take notes and to draw.

Room: 11AB

Moebius Jean Gir Giruaud has Passed, March, 2012

"Moebius (Jean Giraud) was a great artist. One of those rare artists who could draw on a whim, extremely fast, accurate, and with style.

I met him as a young man in San Diego and I was impressed with his flowing pen. I met him again half a dozen times throughout the years, including a rare appearance at an exhibit at the University of the Pacific (UOP) where I was able to speak with him for some time.

He contributed the art to the inside back cover of an educational comic, and his art also appeared on the cover of the first issue of Chilam Balam."

When I first met him he was interested in my Mexica (Azteca) background. He had traveled to Mexico as a young man.

Soltero, Emilio

Dr. Soltero lectures FIGURE DRAWING at Crocker Museum 2012 Jan

Figure Drawing for

Beginners

Using a nude model as your subject, learn simple

techniques to draw the human figure. In the

galleries, see how figure drawing can be applied

to portraiture and sculpture. Then in the studio,

gain an understanding of basic anatomy and how

to use charcoal and pencil to depict volume.

Four Sundays, January 22 – February 12,  2012

1 – 3 PM

Instructor: Emilio Soltero, Ph.D.

To sign up and for more info.:

Sign up soon!!

Emma Moore   
Manager of Experiential Learning

Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
direct 916.808.1961
cell 916.549.6932
fax 916.808.7372          
emoore@crockerartmuseum.org

Soltero Figure Drawing Presentation at SD Comic Con, 2011

Soltero was joined by two great artists, Alex Nino and Stephen Silver. The three rooms were filled to capacity with over 300 attendees. A problem at the beginning with no Elmo, but it was resolved.

 There were three volunteers who modeled. Thank you for your help and feel free to contact us.
Alex did an inking demo (inking over a very rough Buscema layout) and Stephen had great tips on drawing, including gesture drawing.

Stay tuned for more.

Dr. Soltero lecture Drawing Presentation at SD Comic Con, 2011

San Diego Comic Con, 2011

Figure Drawing for Popular Media

7/21/11

Room: 30CDE

5:00p.m. - 6:00p.m.

5:00p.m. - 6:00p.m. Figure Drawing for Popular Media: Emilio Soltero, PhD (Draw the line; Figure It Out; John Buscema: A Life in Sketches), presents a primer on drawing the figure for popular media, including drawing for comics and character design. Lecture and demonstration on figure drawing. There will be some cool giveaways and a chance to draw as well. Join Emilio and friends (one designed Kim Possible the other worked on Mulan) for this active presentation. Come ready to take notes and to draw. Room 30CDE

Good stuff this summer! 2011

New books by great folks, artists:

* Kevin Nowlan has a great new sketchbook...look for it

* Sergio Aragones is coming out with his new comic book, Funnies, from Bongo. I believe in July.

This will include many ideas that he had, including some personal ones, eg how he earned his firsr peso.