Office Hours
Christopher ThornockOffice Hours is where I, Chris Thornock, spill the good stuff from years of teaching, drawing, and figuring it out as I go. It’s part advice column, part studio confessional—for anyone trying to make creative work that matters.
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Art Moment IV
At some point in my childhood, my mother purchased a two volume set of books that were neatly collected into a small slipcase. It was The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm, translated by Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell with illustratio...
You Will Get Better
I tell my students that I am not their teacher or professor. I am their art coach. Maybe I should start wearing a whistle.
I had a coach once. After two years of a substandard experience in track and field as a high schooler, I attended a...
Drawing A Circle
I am an art supply hoarder. I am also at a point in my career where I can afford to buy good art materials. I have drawers and boxes, shelves and bags, full of some coveted stuff. Don’t ask about my blank sketchbook collection or the boxes...
Tension is Good
When I first started teaching full-time, I began observing, with more attention and interest, how other faculty approached their classes. Some were rigid, with extensive rules, notes, and benchmarks to achieve, directing students in every a...
When to Go Home
One of the paintings I completed from that workshop back in 2013. Oil on panel.
Back in 2013, a seriously talented and famous figurative painter was leaving New York and conducting a week-long oil painting workshop in my area. I’d discover...
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I’m Chris and I am an illustrator, artist, and educator living in the Mountain West of the USA. When I'm not walking the dog my nose is in my sketchbook.
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