Publisher Dan Zimmer announced that it is working on a book about the work of Tom Lovell as an illustrator. Here design folded jacket.
There was a previous book on Lovell 
from 1980, but it covered mainly its western art work. It covers his whole career, focusing mainly on his magazine illustrations.
from 1980, but it covered mainly its western art work. It covers his whole career, focusing mainly on his magazine illustrations. 
The book begins with a biography and shows his first illustrations of the dough. But this book is mostly pure images, large breeds, art books so should be
There is a wide range of topics :. Pretty women, human action, romantic subjects, and pageants. The book will include some scans so you can see how site tests they appeared on the page. There is also a discussion of his method, with examples from his extensive preliminary sketch process.
There is a wide range of topics :. Pretty women, human action, romantic subjects, and pageants. The book will include some scans so you can see how site tests they appeared on the page. There is also a discussion of his method, with examples from his extensive preliminary sketch process.
There are a lot of original art scans showing texture of paint and brush. Lovell has always been the artist of the artist, one whose style does not seem particularly locked in a given time period.
Young artists today can learn from his use of color, his sense of the dramatic staging and lighting, striking his compositions, and his handling of paint. You can see the page spreads from the book in a small glimpse of the ground at this link.
The Lovell book comes out in October. Dan is not a Kickstarter campaign this time because he has already received early enough orders to cover printing.
Instead, at this stage, he took control of prepublication. Since this is a limited edition, it might be wise to order one now, because they are likely to sell at the date of publication (as his latest book on Dean Cornwell
) and they will be difficult to obtain after. Here are the specs:
The book is 224 pages, 9 "x12" full color on premium low gloss stock, hardbound with dust jacket
A. standard copy of the edition of the book is available for only $ 44.95 plus postage. It is limited to only 00 copies.
A copy of the special edition of the book is available for $ 65.00 plus postage.
The Special Edition book is signed and numbered with case. Limited to 100 copies.
