Gone Fishin'

This is the painting I did during my live digital painting workshop, which happened last Saturday. The student participation was just great, and made for a fun environment for me to paint and teach in. I think it shows in the painting too! The recording of the workshop is available for streaming from my art store!

Study Break

It's true - even monsters like pizza more than studying.

Also - reminder that I'm holding a digital painting workshop on May 11, and it's still open for signups!

Original Oil Paintings For Sale

For my first time ever, I'm releasing a few of my oil paintings for sale. These represent some pretty serious time spent in the studio, and I'm nervous and excited all at the same time. Beautifully framed, signed, and available from my art store!
If you live in Toronto, you can see these paintings hanging on the walls of Snakes & Lattes, at Bloor/Bathurst!
Some closeups.

Bedsheet Monster

This is a bedsheet monster in the morning.
Remember: signups for my May 11 digital painting workshop still open!

Digital Painting Workshop

Good news! I am announcing a series of online digital painting workshops. I plan to do one every four months or so. The first workshop is scheduled for May 11 and is available for signup through my store. Register now for early-bird prices!

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I am gearing these workshops toward anyone who is interested in taking their work to the next level. Some fundamental knowledge of painting will be assumed of the students, but beginners can also benefit from this workshop. I will be talking about painting from imagination, and communicating effectively to an audience through your artwork. There will be a live chat during the workshop, where I'll be answering any and all questions. I'd love to see you there!

Art Store Launched!

I officially launched the Marco Bucci Art Store! I'm offering a good collection of some of my personal favourite paintings and illustrations, as well as my book. I sign and ship everything myself. Please check out the store!

Snow Day

Snow storm here in Toronto. This is how I felt this morning.

Muppets Songs!

I love The Muppets. One of my all-time favourite songs is 'Rainbow Connection', which is the tune that Kermit sang on the log with a banjo in the original Muppet Movie. I just finished recording my own version of the tune. Hope it brings back good memories!

Baby Shark Teeth

Even sharks need to grow their teeth.

Happy New Year - 2013!

...a summary of my holiday break.

Burn Them

This was an early Christmas gift for a friend of mine, who once wanted to rid a campsite of people by burning them >:D
Quick shout-out to my buddy and co-worker Brian Wong for helping me out with composition on this one.

New Job

Just started as a visual development artist on a really cool project over at Guru Studio in Toronto. Won't be updating the ol' blog quite as frequently...as most of my paintings will probably be top secret for the time being. Will share stuff when I can!

Apples?!

Who gives out apples for Halloween anyway?

Nosferatu

Had fun sneaking some classic art history paintings into this one. Who knew Nosferatu was a fan of Sargent?

Owls

Owls. Need I say more?

Scary Movie

Another #bucciblogtober

Another #bucciblogtober from earlier this week. A skull-sacrificing tribe.

Friday's #bucciblogtober

Creepy.

Yesterday's #bucciblogtober

Follow me on twitter for scary paintings every weekday this month! #bucciblogtober

#bucciblogtober 2012!

Follow me on twitter @bucciblog for #bucciblogtober, where I do a scary halloween-themed painting every weekday in October! I'll post a few of em here too. Here's the kick-off!

New York Sketch

I'm in NYC for a quick visit! Here's a watercolour & gouache sketch from Riverside park, Manhattan.

Fall

Fall is in the air :)

friends

22 Inches Above The World

In the past few months I had the pleasure of illustrating my first short novel. It's called 22 Inches Above The World, written by author Manuel Verreydt. There are 8 of my paintings in the book. Available via iBooks for $4.99!

Kid Advice

A song about good advice I got from a kid once. 'Disbanded' is my home-studio recording project.

Pen Sketches from Boston

I was in Boston last weekend. Did some sketching around the area. Love that city.

Hello Mary Lou!

Here's a new cover tune from my family 60's cover band!

Story Art

I illustrated a book recently for a local author. It will be published for iPad, soon I think! I did 8 full paintings depicting the locations and events in the story. This is one.

Life Drawering

I'm teaching a life drawing class at a local college this semester. Not only do I get paid to attend life drawing (finally!) I also didn't realize how much I missed it. I was drawing with ballpoint pen and marker today. A 5 min pose.

Rooftop Monsters

European Rooftop Monster Family.

Winter Rooftops

I have a soft spot for scenes like this.

The Bucci Bros - Family Cover Band!

In October (at my cousin's wedding), some Bucci members of my family formed a 60s cover band by accident. This is our first studio recording!

Warm Up

Today's warm up is a sketch of my cousin's French bulldog, Napoleon!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2012 everybody! Go and hug a friend :)

False Start

An unfinished illustration that got canned during production of one of my personal projects. RIP!

My Music!

Introducing my musical side-project! I've been writing songs lately, and have a lot of talented musician friends to record with. I called the project Disbanded because the band lineup changes with each song. We record at my home studio - tons of fun. (And yes, that's me on vocals.)
Check out the band's page. There's two songs up right now, and everything is free!

Flying

My favourite parts of flying are the takeoffs and landings. I was touching down in Toronto this morning and took a mental snapshot of the scene I saw out the window. This is the memory-painting right after I got home. Practice, people!

Sneak Peek

Working on a personal story project for iPhone/iPad with a writer friend. Pretty psyched about it! Here's a sneak peek!

Hide & Seek

Another one with these characters. I may or may not be doing a project with them ;)

Monster Slumber Party

These parties only happen in October!