OPEN THAT BOOK RICH!! J C LEYENDECKER pt 2

I looked at his stuff when I was digging into Norman Rockwell and the turn of the century illustrators.

Great video, Rich. Thanks for the upload.
And, that’s actually a sousaphone, if you want to get technical.

Will you do a Dean Cornwell Open That Book Rich?

Will you do an Open That Book with Dean Cornwell art?

You'd be great to get one of your buddies and do a 45-minute​ podcast on a classic artist and just talk about their work like you are here.

Love these video, I can never find these books in the local art stores, so it's great to see videos on it , as well as the commentary, you remind me a lot of Will Terrell and they way he looked through his old sketch books:)


Really like the videos though, it's like having a sketch buddy look through art books together.

BTW, it's not a tuba - it's a Sousaphone.

His lines are the best thing.. he uses them so well everywhere! even in blank colour fills... I think that speckle lights is also done with lines(just in reverse), if you do chunky lines and leave small openings..
and all the girls look soo real..

Thank you so much for showing us this book, especially to me - a fellow Artist. You've convinced me to buy a copy of this. I admittedly do not appreciated the old masters as much as I should, partly it is because I do not know how to appreciate them but seeing how you went through the book has really helped :)

J.C. had a very thorough classical academic education and if your basics are technically sound, you can then go in all directions with your own work. He also knew John Singer Sargent and that can also be seen in some works. In his later works that, as you also say, become 'Funky', you can see that artist duos such as Pierre and Giles or the Dutch artist and designer duo Ravage, who work and live in France, must also have been / be fans of Leyendecker. In their work you can see influences of Leyendecker. Fasciniating indeed !!

Wow, amazing! Aside from all the great art, the big takeaway for me was 'keep finding more and more things that you love to draw.'
Thanks, Rich!

wonderful great job