Now accepting commissions for the Holidays!!

 

I am now accepting commissions for the Holidays.

 

Along with my regular style as seen in my books and prints, I am also willing to do requests in both Pop Art and a more cartoon style. Pop Art can vary from comic book art to a painting of your favorite comic strip.

 

As for medium. I work in pen and ink. But I can also do pieces in watercolor, gouche and in digital colors.

 

I don't usually do pieces in Acrylic or Tempera. However, I would be opened to any requests in either. Since they would be created on canvas, they would most likely a lot more factoring in supplies and shipping as well as the size of the piece.

 

I don't work in oils. I'm just not good at it and the smells of the oils and varinishes make me sick. Sorry.

 

Anyone who is looking for a piece digitally colored can rest assured that the original color file will be deleted once I have printed it making it a one-of-a-kind piece. You will also have the original mailed to you at no additional cost.

Any interested parties can e-mail me at herbertzohl@gmail.com for more information about pricing, size and what you have in mind for a particular illustration.

Fall Classes at the Worcester Art Museum

My Fall Classes at the Worcester Art Museum are only a mere month away. And this Fall I am offering a Cartooning Class for 8 to 10 year olds in the morning and 11 to 13 year olds in the afternoon.

And I will be doing all things cartoon in these classes. Cartooning, comic book art, comic strips, tradition animation... you name it and I'll probably be teaching it.

Click on the link below (the course titles are clickable links) to choose the class you wish your child, teen or tween to sign up for today:

ART OF CARTOON: 8-10 YEAR OLDS

Code	Begins	Ends	Meets	Fee
12FYDRW404	10/06/2012	12/01/2012	Saturday from 10:00 AM to 12 N, 8 Sessions	190.00

CARTOONING: 11-13 YEAR OLDS

Code	Begins	Ends	Meets	Fee
12FYDRW501	10/06/2012	12/01/2012	Saturday from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM, 8 Sessions	190.00

Happy Birthday Batman!!

 

Yesterday marked the 84th Birthday of Mr. Adam West.

 

Although Adam West is not the first person to don that famous cape and cowl. That honor goes to Lewis Wilson who portrayed Batman in the 1943 for Columbia. It goes without saying that West is the first actor to make a live action version of the character a success.

 

He's pretty much to Batman what Basil Rathbone is to Sherlock Holmes. You cannot think of the character without immediately connecting their names to it.

 

Although his campy Andy Warholesque take has drawn some ridicule from some fans who feel the character should always be dark and not played for laughs. I even heard one over-zealous fan at a convention refer to Adam West's portrayal as a travesty.

 

I do not agree with that outlook.

 

Personally, I enjoy Adam West's take on the Caped Crusader and I think there's a place for his Batman just as much as there's a place for either Michael Keaton or Christian Bale's take on the character.

 

Funny to think an television commercial for Nestle Quik is what won him the part.

 

 

 

Adam West has had many roles before and after Batman. In recent years, he's introduced himself to a new generation of fans as the eccentric Mayor West on the animated series Family Guy.

 

Happy Birthday Adam West!! Still my favorite Batman to date!!

April Art and Summer Classes are up and running on the WAM website!!

The Worcester Art Museum has just posted my classes for April Art Week as well as my Summer Classes. Scroll down to Classes at the Worcester Art Museum being taught by Bret M. Herholz on the right hand toolbar of my blog and click on the link to the class you wish to sign your child or teen up for.

I will be teaching classes in Cartooning and Pop Art for 8 to 10 and 11 to 13 year old students this Summer.

Classes fill up fast so sign up today!!

I still have classes available for sign up at WAM

Even though both my July classes are full now, there's still time to sign up for Drawing For Animation and Pop Art Painting if you have an 11 to 13 year old who has an interest in those areas. Click on the link below to sign up for those classes:

Since I will be teaching my very first Drawn Animation class in the Fall, this class is a fantastic prerequisite to either my class or Andy Fish's claymation classes. It will give you both characters and potential stories you can use in the classes.

If you happened to miss Pop Euphoria's opening tonight...

Be sure to check it out before the show ends January 17th 2009 during ARTSWorcester's regular hours!! Congratulations to Veronica, Andy, Raffy, Tom Grady, Jamie Buckmaster, Mike Briggs and EVERYONE involved in the show!! It's such a great collection of pop art both from the Worcester area and beyond!! AND the actual cowel Adam West wore in the Batman series is there on display. How cool is that???

ARTSWorcester is located on 660 Main Street at the Aurora, Worcester, MA 01610

Pop Art in Worcester MA!!

Doing a great deal of Pop Art style projects in my comic book and cartooning classes, I've come to appreciate the whole concept of Pop Art a lot more in the past few years. And there's a great Pop Art show happening at the ARTSWorcester gallery Saturday December 6th that I think you all should check out. Hosted by guest curator Veronica Hebard and featuring some of the most talented people I know:


TOYS, FAIRYTALES, ICONS & EPHEMERA
due to demand, the show has been extended!

12.06.2008 - 01.17.2009
opens Saturday December 6th
660 Main Street at the Aurora, Worcester, MA 01610