Great Master Artists of Our Time

I had a wonderful zoom call with one of Britain’s most treasured great master artists, Mackenzie Thorpe. Enjoy discovering the stories, wisdom and art techniques of this Great Master Artist.

  Meet Richard De Wolfe, one of the greatest living masters of Nostalgic art from our time. He has a unique gift for capturing that very special ingredient of nostalgia in his work. His art has an ability to capture our imagination and take us back to the warm...

  Svitlana Holovchenko transports us into her spectacular imaginary worlds through her breath-taking childrens book illustrations. Her characters are imbued with a special kind of vitality and lifeforce that entices us to learn more about them and to travel with...

Take a look at these gorgeous whimsical and happy children’s book illustrations that have been lovingly created by the multi-award winning and up-and-coming young master of children’s book illustration, Eason Ko. 

Cecile Baird is a master of the coloured pencil medium and discusses how important it is to use your own reference materials and take time planning your ideas. She creates amazing still life set ups using back-lighting to capture the translucent nature of objects.

Richard Klekociuk is a master of the coloured pencil hard-edge abstraction style of art. In his work, he provides us with a rich tapestry of beautifully balanced and exciting compositions, created with mesmerising colour, texture and form.

Jesse Lane shares his words of wisdom and advice to help aspiring artists reach their goals. He covers important topics such as how he overcame his fears and developed confidence. He encourages others to accept critique, stay inspired and even become stubborn.

Tanja Gant is a graphite and coloured pencil artist. A Bosnian native, she coloured her way through the unrest of her childhood to live her present day dream creating masterpieces.

Tracy Frein is a colored pencil artist renown for using a technique he developed himself called Drawing by Subtracting.

Jandamarra is an Australian artist of aboriginal descent bridging contemporary portraiture style and traditional aboriginal painting techniques.

Sharon Kow is a dedicated colored pencil artist with the desire to bring the colored pencil medium to the mainstream art world.

Emanuele Dascanio is a great Italian artist creating incredibly realistic graphite pencil and charcoal portraits.

JD is an master artist with a high standard of drawing ability demonstrated particularly in his Tromp l’eol (fool the eye) drawings that he is best known for.

Jason Buhagiar is the outstanding and highly skilled illustrator for the Salty Splashes™ characters and a huge list of other children’s picture books.

Jason Buhagiar is the outstanding and highly skilled illustrator for the Salty Splashes™ characters and a huge list of other children’s picture books.

Phil Wilson has been a Disney artist for 18 years and has illustrated 75 books and creates realistic dinosaur artwork.

Phil Wilson has been a Disney artist for 18 years and has illustrated 75 books and creates realistic dinosaur artwork.

JD is an master artist with a high standard of drawing ability demonstrated particularly in his Tromp l’eol (fool the eye) drawings that he is best known for.

JD is an master artist with a high standard of drawing ability demonstrated particularly in his Tromp l’eol (fool the eye) drawings that he is best known for.

JD is an master artist with a high standard of drawing ability demonstrated particularly in his Tromp l’eol (fool the eye) drawings that he is best known for.

Iza Trapani is an inspirational multi award-winning children’s book author and illustrator.

Armin Mersmann celebrates 50 years as an artist in this Golden Celebration interview series.

Armin Mersmann celebrates 50 years as an artist in this Golden Celebration interview series.