Kosar's Artwork Featured in Creative Painting Guide Book

Three of my paintings ( Never Known, Never Forgotten; Second Thoughts; and Wrong Chord ) are featured in The Complete Photo Guide to Creative Painting. I had the priveledge of meeting one of the authors, Geri Greenman at the Norris Gallery's WATERCOLOR 09 Art Exhibit where three of my paintings were on display.

This book is a comprehensive how-to book about all aspects of creative painting. It serves as a reference and technique guide for painting with all types of craft and fine arts paints, including acrylics, oils, tempera, watercolor, and pastels. The organization provides easy access to information with step-by-step directions and 700 full-color photos for clear understanding. Galleries of artwork by a wide range of artists offer the reader examples of what can be done with each of the painting categories and inspiration to pursue the hobby for themselves.

Read an article about this book HERE

Buy this book HERE

Here are the pages my art is featured:

About the Authors:

Paula Guhin is a former educator, visual artist, photographer, and the author of the ever-popular Glorious Glue, Art with Adhesives (J. W. Walch) and Can We Eat the Art? (Incentive Publications). Articles have appeared in School Arts, Instructor, Teaching Today, and many more periodicals. She is also a contributing editor for Arts and Activities magazine.

Geri Greenman, a high school art teacher for thirty years, was honored with the Outstanding Achievement Award by her colleagues. She was a finalist for the Delores Kohl (International) Outstanding Service in the Field of Education award, a nominee for the Golden Apple, and listed in the Who's Who among America's Teachers. Geri Greenman has been writing for Arts and Activities magazine for 24 years, a contributing editor for 10 years, with 100 articles published.

Never Known, Never Forgotten ; Second Thoughts ; and Wrong Chord © J. Anthony Kosar.

All other art © the respective artists.

Book & Pages © Creative Publishing International, Inc.

Book Info & Author Bios from Amazon.com

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Live Sculpting at Blick's 100th Anniversary Event!

On Wednesday, April 27th, I will be sculpting live at Blick Art Materials' 100th Anniversary Event from 11am-2pm at the Blick store in Wheaton, IL. Blick is one of my sponsors for my FX Classes. Here is the info for the event...

Catch the spring fever! Join us for Blick Art Materials’ final 100th Anniversary Celebration on April 27th, 2011 at Blick Art Materials- Wheaton. We’re working hard to spread the fever with live artist demos, food, drinks, prizes, music and spring sale discounts! You'll get 25% off your entire purchase, just by showing up on Wednesday! Don’t miss our screen printing demo with free t-shirt giveaways and our block printing demo created by Yellow Owl Workshop’s Christine Schmidt (see store for times). We’ll also have a live mask making demo by J. Anthony Kosar from 11a-2p and live art by Patrick Skoff from 1p-4p! This is an event you don't want to miss! Please contact the store for more information. (630) 653-0569

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Lex Talionis

Last summer, I flew out to California to work on a short film Lex Talionis written and directed by my sister Melissa Kosar. It is an intense psychological drama, and was just included in the official selection of the 2011 Central Florida Film Festival. I did some minor FX make-up for the project, and also designed the poster and title logo. You can find more information on Lex Talionis on its page HERE

Also, check out my sister's blog HERE for updates on her work, including working on films, music videos, and network television, most recently an NBC pilot with Christopher Lloyd.

Lex Talionis Synopsis:

"With every year that passes, the loss of Julia's father becomes more and more unbearable. It is a destructive cliche to say time heals all pain, and for years she has been fighting herself to get passed his death. Julia is finally ready to let her wound heal."

See the teaser here:

Soon, I'll have some pictures to post of my FX make-up work on the film once it has its first screenings. But for now, here are a couple behind-the-scenes shots from the film:

"Lex Talionis" Teaser and Poster © 2011 Melissa Kosar / Kos For Three Productions.
Photos by Melanie Augustyn and John MacDonald.
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