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Thank you Caravaggio

I don’t always have the time to do the kind of art study that I would like.  So sometimes I have to incorporate that study into my work.  Caravaggio is one of my favorite artists, so for this painting of The Fell Court I decided to base my composition on Caravaggio’s painting of Supper at Emmaus. [...]

Dungeon Cover – Venca

Here is a cover I did a while back that I haven’t put on my site yet.  It was for Dungeon Magazine.  When painting something that doesn’t exist, it helps to construct something that you can light and use as reference to at least have a basis in rea

Dragon Cover – Venca

Cover painting for Dragon Magazine.  Always fun to paint the big bad guys.  I followed the methodology outlined in Imaginative Realism by James Guney, building a little clay model for the red demon, and I used little wood blocks to build out a quic

Heroes of the Fallen Lands – part 3

The third image from the Heroes book. On a side note, I am in process up updating the look of my site to mirror www.fineart.howardlyon.com so please forgive any glitches you come across while the html gnomes go about their business.

Heroes of the Fallen Lands – part 2

Yesterday I posted a portrait of Lyriel.  Today, we see her battling her way past some wizard who I am sure was up to no good.  I bet he was putting MSG in the beef pasties in the local village making them deliciously addictive and irresistible. Â