Top Fives: Soren Lane
Soren Lane is a talented and down-to-earth artist with a soft spot for drawing axolotl cartoons. Ask him any art-related question imaginable and he will give you a sure answer. So here to kick off our series of Artist Snapshot interviews, here is Soren's Top Fives.
Interview by Sara Riordan
Top five things about having a studio at Pablos Art Studios
- Not working alone
- Being inspired by other artists work
- Being able to encourage other artists
- Sharing and bringing material for other people to use
- Having a dedicated place to make art, rather than being in my bedroom thinking ‘I could do something’
Top five favourite New Zealand artists
- Len Lye: he’s a great inspiration. Also, here at Pablo’s I’m really impressed with art done by:
- Luke Sullivan
- Michael Cox
- Johanna Grant Mackie
- Chris Barrand
Top five favourite international artists
- David Revoy: highly influential in open source digital painting, and he provides many helpful resources
- GGDG: cartoonist with a great grasp of light
- Andrew Loomis: legendary illustration instructor
- James Gurney: brilliant explanations of light and scene construction
- Junji Ito: the king of horror comics
Top five things to say when someone’s talking to you but isn’t really listening
- Is that so?
- Really?
- Ummm …
- That’s interesting
- Smiling whilst nodding
Top five things to draw with
- Kuretake Fountain Brush Pen no. 40
- Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
- Derwent Coloursoft pencils
- Any good quality brush with ink
- Tablet Wacom Graphire 3
Top five art words
- Juxtaposition
- Iconography
- Sublime
- Assemblage
- Pigment
Pablos Art Studios provides people who have experience of mental ill health with free materials, tuition and support to make art. For more information visit its website.
