Matt Elder

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Australiana Between the Flags

eague of a client had completed their in time Australia and was heading back to Canada. In that time they’d become a keen surfer while in Australia so wanted to give a surfboard with a very Australian theme. The turnaround time on this one was very tight and first time I’d ever properly airbrushed …

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How to Draw & Paint: Masterclass 03: Shoe Still Life Oil Painting

Masterclass 03 - Shoe Still Life Oil Painting

ntly completed a shoe still life painting for the 2011 Foot Locker Art Prize and created an accompanying free time lapse video tutorial of the painting from start to finish. This is a new addition to the How to Draw & Paint: Masterclass series and hope you enjoy! How to Draw & Paint: Masterclass …

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Artist of the Week (x2) … and other ‘appearances’.

Artist of the Week

recently selected by a deviantart group, DA-Art-Gallery, as their artist of the week from 2,500 members. I was pretty humbled when asked to supply a quick blurb about it all so check it out at: http://da-art-gallery.deviantart.com/blog/41489141/ A few days later I was selected by another deviantart group, Aus-Art, as their artist of the …

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Joker on Comicsalliance.com

er painting is featured on a major comics website of best art ever (for the week) along side some of my comic heroes (Moebius, Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Humberto Ramos and Mike Mignola). Being image number 2 on the page makes it all the more sweeter: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/27/best-art-ever-this-week-05-27-11/ Pencils & Inks by Mike …

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Joker Pin-up Oil Painting

lot of fun with my Wolverine as Indiana Jones oil painting so I thought I might try another. Next in line is this Joker painting. Pencils & Inks by Mike Deodato Jr. Colours by Matt Elder (me)

Wolverine as Indiana Jones Oil Painting

t I’d take my love of oil painting and apply it to my love of comics and came up with this Wolverine as Indiana Jones painting. First time I’ve ever really tried to oil paint a comic character and first time using someone else’s linework. Learnt so much doing this piece and was the most …

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Unknown Heroes: Anzac Soldier I – New Painting

ast year I made a trip to Anzac Cove in Gallipoli (Turkey) and was inspired to do this painting: My style is still evolving and changing so while there are many elements here I thought worked well as a first time attempt, there are still some I’d like to fix (translation – I’ll probably …

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How to Draw & Paint: Masterclass 02: Self Portrait Oil Painting by mattelder.com

7;ve just recently finished my yearly self portrait oil painting and this time created an accompanying free time lapse video tutorial of the painting from start to finish. This is a new addition to the How to Draw & Paint: Masterclass series and hope you enjoy! Feel free to drop me a line if you …

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How to Draw: MasterClass 01: Ayers Rock / Uluru & The Olgas / Kata Tjuta

Masterclass 01 Ayers Rock / Uluru & The Olgas / Kata Tjuta

7;ve created a new series of videos called “MasterClass”. Here the idea is to see artworks / sketches created combining all techniques and ideas learnt in the How to Draw: Basics series. This video show sketching on site at Ayers Rock and The Olgas in the outback of Australia. The thought process and ideas in …

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How to Draw: The Basics of a Playstation Controller and Peanut Butter Jar

Matt Elder Playstation Controller Drawing

ideo continues to build on skills learnt in the previous video “How to Draw: The Basics of Lines…”. Using simple shapes of boxes, cubes, ellipses and cylinders, we build up to drawing a peanut butter jar and a Playstation controller. How to Draw: The Basics of a Playstation Controller and Peanut Butter Jar by …

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