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And for my next trick, er, “illusion” rather, please keep your eyes on the big gray area that remains in the background. And… abra-caBOOM! We have water! <APPLAUSE>

Thank you. Yes. It’s very nice to be here.

You can see that I’ve also jotted in the part of the figure’s hair that is touching the background paint. This needs to be done before the background paint dries so I can blend the two carefully. This blending is very important. It prevents the figure from looking like a cardboard cut-out dancing in front of a sock-puppet theater backdrop. And as fine artists, it’s generally not acceptable for the term “sock-puppet” to come to a viewer’s mind when viewing our work. This is just my personal opinion. I’ve been wrong before. If you’re some kind of professional sock-puppet fine artist, please don’t send me any angry letters–I don’t want to hear from you.

Actually… I take that back. Please include a photo with your letters.

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About Bryan Larsen ~

Bryan Larsen

"I was born on February 12, 1975, and have been drawing as long as I can remember. By the time I was in high school, I knew I wanted to be an artist, although at the time I didn't have a clear idea of how exactly I would use my talents to make a living.

"As I continued studying art, I began to suspect that fine visual art was dead. No one seemed interested in teaching students how to draw well, or paint well. More often than not, my own skills exceeded those of my instructors.

"The only field left that seemed to require good drawing, painting, and compositional skills was illustration, and therefore I began studying illustration at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. I became even more convinced that I had made the right decision in staying away from fine art as I endured course after course of required "drawing" and "painting" classes in which instructors required me to draw with "less focus", or use ridiculous materials such as shellac, glue, sand, salt, etc.

"My second year at Utah State, I met Damon Denys. In discussing Art with him I realized that there were other people who believed that technique and subject matter were indispensable components of any work of art. I then decided that I would work to develop my own painting skills with the purpose of creating artwork that I considered worthy of being called Fine Art.

"Since that time, I have studied on my own: Drawing from live models to learn the human form, studying proper painting techniques from any source I could find ample reason to trust, and developing a philosophy of Art based on reason, and life on earth.

"My goal is to portray the heroic and romantic in human nature and human achievement in a realistic style and a modern setting. I place particular emphasis on composition, technique, realistic detail, proper craftsmanship and consistency of style."