Matthew Reinhart's Blog, page 4

Artist Watch: Bernadette Pascua

Bernadette Pascua is a NYC based illustrator.  Her work has been featured in many fashion magazines.  Pascua's style is really refreshing in the illustration world (to me at least) with the use of watercolor, ink, and digital touches.  She uses the uncertainty of the watercolor and ink to her advantage creating pieces that are reminiscent of early Andy Warhol's advertisements.

Check out more of Pascua's work on here website:
http://www.bernadettepascua.com/  


 ~Jess

Word of the Day: Perspicacious

perspicacious \pur-spi-KEY-shuhs\ adjective


1. Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning.

Artist Watch: Garth Britzman

Designer Garth Britzman created a beautiful and ingenious use for plastic soda bottles. At first his car canopy design looked to me like floating flowers. But look carefully and you'll see that each flower is actually a bottle filled with a little colored water. What a creative way to reuse materials!

DIY Pop Up: Mother's Day Cards

Mother's Day is around the corner!  Why not try your hand at creating a special card for the mothers in your life?  We have a few on matthewreinhart.com to choose from!  Click the photos below for the steps and the printable templates!

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak was an amazing story teller and illustrator who marched to the beat of his own drum.  The studio had the honor of working with Mr. Sendak on his first pop-up book "Mommy" years ago.  Holding and touching the original artwork was a breathtaking experience.

The book world and the rest of the world for that matter has lost an extraordinary man on May 8th, but we will remember him through his prolific art career and incredible stories.  Rest in piece, Maurice.

Artist Watch: Malin Koort

Malin Koort is an illustrator/designer living in Stockholm, Sweden.  Her art ranges from mini paper figures, collage, and ink drawings.  I'm totally in love with her paper people, each one has so much emotion and tells their own story.  And there seems to be a bit of humor in there as well.  Also her collage work is is beautiful.  Definitely explore more of Koort's work on her website!








 ~Jess

What's Popped Up: Carol Barton's Newest Book!

Here at the studio we're always looking for new pop up books, and I have to say we're very excited for Carol Barton's newest book, The Pocket Paper Engineer, Volume 3: V-Folds (it comes out in May!)!  Ms. Barton has created many pop up books and instructional pop up books that I recommend to people who want to learn more about making pop ups.

This third volume deals with V-Folds and how to create and integrate them into your pop ups.  This book is filled with tutorials and has ten do-it-yourself projects that are inside the book!  You can check out more about this book and pre-order it on Ms. Barton's website.


~Jess

Artist Watch: Joel Cooper

Joel Cooper's work is mind boggling.  He creates tessellations and intricately folded masks out of single sheets of paper!  It's really incredible!  Joel has also been kind enough to share some of his secrets on his website.  His pieces look like they're woven out of paper.  See for yourself!




~ Jess

Artist Watch: Leagas Delaney Group

The internet is filled with so many great images!  Check out these ads that the Leagas Delaney Group created for Plant for the Planet campaign.  The leaves appear to be hand cut, leaving incredibly detailed images behind.




The campaign is about planting trees to help lessen carbon dioxide and also planning for the future of the Earth.  You can find out more on their website.

~Jess

What's Popped Up- Nomad Brush

I am always blown away with digital painting-- how realistic they can be!  Mimicking the way paint smudges or how a crayon is a little rugged.  I've now just discovered the Nomad Brush, which is a digital brush that works on iPads and iPhones (and possibly other tablets).  Check out the video below to get a sense of what I'm talking about!


Nomad Brush: A Portrait from Don Lee on Vimeo.


~Jess