I’ve left my studio at The Rivoli Art Mill on the 19th of this month and have been drawing at Townsend Atelier in their fabulous new studio. I’m working on newsprint here, using Nupastels. These are some drawings from those sessions featuring Paige, Sara and Shida. It’s been awhile since I’ve worked in pastel, I do like the immediacy of the color and the texture that it brings to my drawings.
Daniel Gill studied art with Joe Helseth and Bill Ransom in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He began his career as an art director in 1983 and has been an award winning graphic designer-illustrator for more than 20 years. Daniel has taught illustration at the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia and at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He was one of the founding members of the Illustrators’ Jam which later became Raw Visceralia, an art experience at PNCA. Pastels were Daniel’s first love. Counting Gary Kelley, Edward Degas and Toulouse Lautrec among his influences. He discovered oils in 2006 and is currently working on the series, Connective Tissue. Daniel lives in Portland, Oregon.
