Come fly with me....let's go to Fan Expo!

This is a little fun piece I did for our friend Jean Barbaud's up coming book.
He draws magnificent, exquisite planes like nobody's business so I was so honored to be a part of his book! Merci Jean!!




Title: Come fly with me
Material: Gouache on recycled paper



Also, this weekend Friday Aug 28 to Sunday Aug 30 is the Toronto Fan Expo. Kei and I will be signing stuff at table P02. The Imaginism Studios table will be at A01 along with artists Jason Seiler, Thierry Lafontaine and Peter Chan!
Also, Stephen Silver and David Colman will be at P03.

Subway Sketches

Hi everyone! Special thanks to everyone that came out to join us for subway sketching yesterday. We had a blast. Here's my sketches from the train

Until next time!

-Bobby

Don't forget!

Don't forget to enjoy drawing and painting! Sometimes this means to draw something for yourself!! take some time for yourself today! Kei, Peter, T and I are going subway sketching in a bit. Come along & draw with us if ur in Toronto! http://www.imaginismstudios.com/subway-sketching

Life Drawing books are over half gone!

Half the LifeDrawing books are sold! That's over 500 books in 7 days! They're going so quick!! I'm astonished and so thankful.

$19.99 US (FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!)

We will be signing ALL Life Drawing books purchased between Friday August 14th to Monday August 24th.

PURCHASE HERE

Air Force One

Here's a drawing I did called "Air Force One."

It was for a friend of Kei and I named Jean Barbaud. He's doing an artbook full of fun and beautiful air plane art and he asked me to contribute. Since I've been so interested in drawing creatures recently, I decided to combine a creature with airplane parts :)

Done in ballpoint pen on watercolor paper. 7"x5"

Bobby

Life Drawing Book available!

Hi everyone,

As promised Imaginism's 11th book "Life Drawing" is on sale now in our online STORE.

$19.99
Life Drawing
by Bobby Chiu & Kei Acedera
August 2009

7″x10″, 72 pages.

A collection of Life Drawings by Bobby Chiu and Kei Acedera. All sorts of styles and approaches: gouache, colored pastel, conte, ink and digital life drawing.

We wanted to make this life drawing book is different. It concentrates on COSTUMED figure drawing with only a few nude poses. Chalk full of tips and "words of wisdom" from Kei and I.

We will be signing ALL Life Drawing books purchased between Friday August 14th to Monday August 24th.

I've seen better days . . .

This is a piece I started about a year ago . . . I decided to take it to the next level and beyond . . . I'm in the middle of about 10 paintings right now, so there will be plenty to share here soon. I'm going to keep this painterly, get tight where it needs it, but to my eye and taste, I like things to be a bit brushy . . .

Update on Prints for Sale!
It was brought to my attention that I forgot to mention that the prints I have for sale on Etsy are Limited Edition of 200 Prints. Each print will be signed and numbered, once sold out, that's it!

Girl Sketches Sold Out! Life Drawing book on sale this Friday!

So long Girl Sketches! Our very first book, Girl Sketches is officially sold out! This was one of my personal favorites. Not just because it was our first book but because of the great tutorials and all of the wonderful memories from each of the paintings inside. Many of the drawings were done before we started Imaginism Studios. When the idea of being an independent artist was REALLY just an dream for us.

It just goes to show that with some common sense and a whole lot of passion ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE for ANYONE from ANYWHERE!

My love and gratitude goes out there for everyone that supported us throughout these years and continue to support the cause. You've allowed us to create so much independent art throughout the years and without you, Imaginism Studios would not have been possible.

Thank you so much for allowing us to continue to do what we love to do.

- Bobby

*Look out for our 11th Imaginism book - "Life Drawing" on sale starting this Friday August 14th. We will be signing ALL Life Drawing books purchased between Friday August 14th to Monday August 24th.

*Our friends and long time supporter Brand Studio Press still have a few copies of Girl Sketches. Go get it HERE

Quick vote on what I should paint next!!?

Ok what should I paint when I get back from Chicago? Realistic Darkwing Duck or Sponge Bob redesign. Quick vote now!! http://imaginism.deviantart.com

We'll be at the Chicago Wizard World Comicon this weekend so come on by our table and say hi if you're in town! Table 3500 & 3502. Imaginist; Jason Seiler will be at 3504 selling his dvd and new book!

-Bobby

Pooh Bear and Wizard World Chicago

Last night I had a few minutes so I decided to take suggestions on what to paint next. A 'Realistic' Winnie the Pooh won the votes so here it is! A 'realistic-ish' Pooh Bear. I hope you like it! Let me know if you have any other creative suggestions of what I should paint next!

Digital, 15 minute sketch in Photoshop.

We'll be at the Chicago Wizard World Comicon this weekend so come on by our table and say hi if you're in town! Table 3500 & 3502. Imaginist; Jason Seiler will be at 3504 selling his dvd and new book!

-Bobby