Jorge Paricio, IDEC, MID, Ph.D. is a designer, educator and a passionate drawer and rendering artist. He has taught for over 20 years at different institutions, the Istituto Europeo di Design, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, The Art Institute of Colorado, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Ohio University.

He holds a Bachelors' Degree in Fine Arts with a minor in Design, a Masters' Degree in Industrial Design, and a PhD in Fine Arts. He recently published two books, Perspective Sketching, Freehand Digital Drawing Techniques for Artists & Designers by Rockport, and Hybrid Rendering Techniques for Interior Design, by Routledge. He has a studio at home to record video presentations and does plen air watercolors and oils of New England landscapes and architecture.