The Rest of the 12 Days
Just before New Year’s, I posted about the 12-day challenge I was doing in the Zooly Weekly Art Challenge group, where we normally have one animal prompt a week. This […]
Category Archives: Drawing-a-Day
The 12 Days of… Zooly?
There is something to be said for the old-fashioned observance of the 12 Days of Christmas, or Twelvetide. It has a fascinating history, which I won’t go into here, because […]
Sketchbook Roundup 2: Hoofing It
Today is the second in a series of peeks into my sketchbooks. In honour of Earth Week, I’m posting some of my animal drawings that I’ve done over the last […]
I Blame the Kittens
Oh, hi! It’s been a while. A really long while. I’m kind of staring at the screen wondering what to say; wondering if anyone’s still out there after all this […]
Meeting the Art Challenge
The word “challenge” conjures up a lot of different connotations: a dare, a provocation, an opposition, a task, a problem. An Art Challenge contains many of these; it’s a kind […]
Going Mobile
Since I’m off to TCAF this week I decided it would be fun to blog as I go, even though I’m not taking my computer – I really want to […]
Brown Paper Critters
During the last few days of Zooly, I ran across a stack of handmade watercolour paper that I had put aside years ago and forgotten about. I originally bought it […]
Hey, Let’s Draw Animals!
There is one week left of the Zooly Art Challenge — if you still want to try drawing/painting/sculpting/whatever some critters, there’s still time to jump in! And good news — […]
Zooly Comics and Drawings
The Zooly Art Challenge has got me back in the studio, though my eyesight challenges are still, um, challenging. This week I’ll be getting my other new eye, and hopefully […]
Drawing the Snow Leopard
My first drawing of the Zooly Art Challenge is done. Getting started on a new monthly challenge is always a bit fraught for me: so many decisions! I feel that […]
Inktober: Limitations and Freedom!
Inktober is rolling on, and my little Moleskine book is filling out nicely! I feel like I’m hitting my stride with these, after being a bit rusty with the one-page […]
Dinosaur Sibling Rivalries
Dinosaurs! My first ever illustrated book was created when I was in Grade 3 (I think). I loved dinosaurs. I checked out every book on dinosaurs in the school library […]
Galapagos Mistaken Identity
One place I’ve always wanted to go is to the Galapagos. Since reading articles in the National Geographic as a child, I’ve longed to see the islands that inspired Mr. […]
Ask an Elephant!
I’ve been having an ongoing conversation with a lot of my friends lately over the lost art of map-reading. Seems all this GPS usage is eroding the ability to read […]
They call it… Camouflage
Why do animals hide? Lots of reasons! When I saw today’s Inktober prompt word,”hidden”, of course I thought of all the ways animals have as built-in blending strategies. Colours and […]
False Felines
Inktober, Day 5. I’ve been digitally filing illustrations and doing last little tweaks to the book art all day in Photoshop. Getting to do a wee quick drawing was a […]
Whale Candy
Inktober is cooking along nicely on day 4. And good news— I’m winding up the humongous book illustration project that has had me cooped up in the art cave for […]
Opus Daily Practice Challenge
Iris the Art Muse was groaning and face-palming. She couldn’t believe I was contemplating doing another art challenge. I told her, “It’s OK—see, I’m just going to do stuff that we […]
Tabby Tallulah in Colour
Summer Art Challenge Day 42 — making art every day Yesterday I posted Tabby in ink; today she has dressed up in colour. She’s one of those rare female orange tabbies, […]
Miss Tabby Tallulah
Summer Art Challenge Day 41 Here’s a new character, Miss Tabby Tallulah. I wasn’t sure what colours to make her or her clothes, so I’m going to wait until tomorrow to […]
Top Hat Dog
Summer Art Challenge Day 39-40 — making art (of some kind) every day! Meet Mr. Phineas Wintergreen-Smythe III! He’s based on one of the sketch cards I did last week, and […]
Dragon, Muse, Cat
Summer Art Challenge Day 38 — making art every day! This evening was the weekly get together for the comic jam gang. Only three of us were there, but we had […]
A Garden Muse Epiphany
Summer Art Challenge Days 32-33 — making art every day! The muses have been very busy the last couple of days, as have I. Yesterday Iris came out in the garden […]
More Silly Animal Characters
Summer Art Challenge Days 30-31 — making art (of some kind) every day! Right away, I must confess; I did not draw yesterday, nor did I paint, sculpt, collage, or otherwise make […]
As the Muse Turns
Summer Art Challenge Days 23-29 — making art (of some kind) every day! The impulse to create is a funny thing. It doesn’t confine itself to neat boundaries of expression. A […]
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