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THE HULK… riding a lion???

Yes my friends, all things are possible if you are the Hulk.  At the request of my very close roommate (oh and fiance) she suggested I should do a painting of The Hulk.  But of course not just any rendition of the Hulk, but he must also be riding a lion… because hes the hulk, …

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Pisgah Covered Bridge

Ok so this time I have a post for the WIPS of my painting of the Pisgah Covered Bridge.  When I was younger, my family and I went to many covered bridges.  My mom has a real liking of them and I never passed up a chance to get close to water (yeah im odd).  …

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Tylosaurus

Well I have started work on a new dinosaur drawing.  Technically its a marine reptile but its the same catagory of drawing.  It is of a Tylosaurus.  I did the first sketch of him, and some color work up the other day and now im going to do a finished art piece of him.  My …

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Grand Cities Art Fest

Alright, so I know it’s been like a month since the Grand Cities Art Fest in Grandforks, but I honestly have not had time until now to make any sort of post on it!  So overall the show went pretty well for me.  I met a lot of awesome people, talked with a lot of …

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The Making of Amargasaurus

Alright so Prehistoric times makes calls for dinosaur art pieces to post in their magazine.  He does not pay but hey its free publication and I so do enjoy a little excuse to do some dino drawings from time to time.  Naturally when the call was for the ever so awesome looking Amargasaurus, I was …

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What!? Who is this James Skinner?

Welcome to James Skinner’s artistic homepage of fanciful imagery.  A portal to all things artsy by me and of interest to me. Currently I am a High School art teacher at Williston High School way up in the North lands of the country in North Dakota.  Since we have snow nine months out of the …

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Some Works Coming!

Alright so I have like 4 or so projects in the works. (really they have been in the works for awhile I just keep starting new ones) So my plan is to get them up here for you all to see soon. One is a dragon slayer, another is a good old figure work, a …

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Triple Goddess, Serpent’s Stare

Would you like a little insight into the making of one of my favorite pieces I have done??? Well your in luck because I just so happen to have a little bit of a in progress viewing of one of my Triple Goddesses! Serpent’s Stare was actually the first one of the three painted, and …

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What!? Who is this James Skinner?

Hello and welcome to my little neck of the internet.  If this is your first time seeing my work then GREAT/Awesome, here is a link to my gallery website Link, and my facebook page link.  On my blog here I will be talking about artsy type stuff that I find cool, new things that are …

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