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S. Hallam: San Francisco, CA, United States; Spencer Hallam is a visual artist and illustrator living in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the University of Colorado, Boulder and an earned an MFA at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He currently works as a freelance illustrator and art instructor. Visit Spencer's portfolio at www.spencerhallam.com

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Low-Key vs. High-Key Paintings

In order to create drama and a strong value structure for a painting, artists often choose to work in either a high or low "key&quo...
Simpifying Values and Value-Key

I created this post to discuss how an artist can think technically about achieving an intended value key discussed in the previous post. Th...
The Selfish Giant- Illustrated

I received a lot of interest in this watercolor illustration after posting it over 2 years ago (I painted it almost 6 years ago!). Since vi...
Sketch Night at the Society of Illustrators NYC

This Tuesday I attended a figure drawing session at the Society of Illustrators in New York. The inexpensive class has 2 live models, ...
2D to 3D: A Lesson in Chiaroscuro

I've broken basic chiaroscuro into 8 steps (+1 step for that "colorized" look). Toward the end of this lesson I try to conne...
The Selfish Giant

Oscar Wilde's The Selfish Giant View other illustrations I created for The Selfish Giant. ------------------------------------- Vi...
The Effect of LIght on Local Color

I made the two diagrams below to help anyone trying to understand how color changes under different lighting conditions. I've started wi...
New Pencil Drawing Lesson

Click the link in the Main Navigation or... ...click here to view the new lesson! ------------------------------ View more of my artwo...
An Artist's Challenge: A Color Theory Exercise

A Color Theory Exercise: Colored Cubes in Warm and Cool Light Above is a demonstration of the effects of warm and cool light on cubes of p...
Reflective Surfaces: Chrome and Automobile Paint Jobs

To render chrome effectively you must first choose an environment to be reflected onto the surface of the chrome. In the photo above you c...

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