This year’s advent sketchbook is going to unfold like a narrative. I have no idea where this is going, so I’m along for the ride as well… Here’s how it …
Terminal Minotaur
The SANDY WOOD & OTHER VOICES channel just went live on YouTube a few moments ago. A collaborative YouTube channel where Sandy brings together poets, painters, filmmakers, voice talent, photographers, …
Revisiting: Halo I & II
It’s strange to see a piece of art you’ve made years ago, having not seen it in person in the intervening years. Yesterday I was reacquainted with two such pieces. …
Hand Lettering: All Is Not Lost Noisetrade Sampler
This week I’m taking a personal break, vacationing in a spectacular redwood forest with a bunch of old friends at a Quaker retreat center north of Santa Cruz, California. When …
Drawing Close: Mini-Documentary by Kyle Isenhower
[x_video_embed no_container=”true”] Drawing Close // Documentary on Illustrator Paul Soupiset from Isenhower Productions on Vimeo. [/x_video_embed] Kyle Isenhower and I have been working together, making short films together for maybe …
Recent Dimensional Paintings
In addition to my Chartres Labyrinth series of paintings, which I’ll post soon, I’ve also been working on another series of paintings, this time with more dimension, and using found …
Coming Soon: Drawing Close
Drawing Close, Kyle Isenhower’s mini documentary on the illustration of Paul Soupiset, will debut here — and at Isenhower Productions’ website, sometime in the next few days. We talked to …
Revisiting: An Illustrated Life
Back in the spring of 2008, during a trip to New York City, I visited with Danny Gregory at his house. Danny edited (and invited me to participate in) An …
Revisiting: Sketchnote Handbook
This sketchnote of mine was included as a small part of the Mike Rohde book The Sketchnote Handbook, which was released November 30, 2012 to a worldwide audience. The book …
Illustrating Faith: A Q&A with Artist Paul Soupiset
Photo by Courtney Perry NOTE: Here is a Patheos interview with me from May 16, 2013 by Deborah Arca Yesterday I interviewed Patheos blogger and acquisitions editor Tony Jones about …
Book Design: Vinedresser’s Notebook
In the fall of 2013 had the distinct privilege of illustrating and designing The Vinedresser’s Notebook, by Judith Sutera, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas. It …
Revisiting: Logo Design by Paul Soupiset
Below is a handful of logos, wordmarks, and symbols Paul Soupiset designed over the past years. In the coming weeks and months, I’ll highlight a few of the logos, show …
He Shall Be The One Of Peace
Here, the back of a discarded and broken guitar body is reclaimed as the prepared surface for the image of Jesus Christ. The artist’s work both honors and recontextualizes the …
Book Interior Illustrations: Rabbi Evan Moffic
In his 2015 book What Every Christian Needs to Know About Passover, popular speaker and author Rabbi Evan Moffic invites Christians of all types to explore the Jewish roots of …
Book Cover Illustration: Preacher Breath
Book cover design, title treatment, and watercolor illustration for Preacher Breath, by Kyndall Rothaus for Smyth & Helwys, 2014.
Process Video: Buddy Greene Album Cover
When I painted the linework illustration for the cover of Buddy Greene’s Harmonica Anthology, I filmed these two timelapse animations with my iPhone. Watercolor over black pigment liner. [x_video_embed …
Ave Virginia
Soupiset, Paul. Ave Virginia. [2015]. Watercolor, metallic leaf, dimes, on 24″x24″ gessoboard. Collection of Annette & Kent Kingery, San Antonio.
Painted Tree | Psalm
One of the many art experiments from Laity Lodge. I painted a dead branch white, and then invited people to come over the course of the week and paint and …