Melody, the Music Muse
Summer Art Challenge Day 24 — making art every day! I’ve embarked on a multi-day project, which I’ll post when it’s done. It started last night when I decided to listen […]
Category Archives: Drawing-a-Day
Life Drawing Meditation
Summer Art Challenge Day 22 — making art every day! A lot of the work I do involves drawing from my imagination. I say imagination, but it also involves memory and […]
The Muse gets her Wish; a reprise
Summer Art Challenge Day 20/21 — making art every day! My studio is topsy turvy. I’ve been moving around furniture, having recently had my dear old treadle sewing machine returned to […]
A Dragonfly Fairy
I love watching dragonflies. Shimmering in the heat of a summer day, shiny as the lake they swoop over in their zig-zag search for tasty prey, their slim bodies gleam like […]
Look out, it’s Ma Raccoon!
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 18 Not long ago I did a little doodle for another one of my animal-in costume characters, Ma Raccoon. I figured it was about time I turned […]
Nagged by the Muse
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 17 I realize Iris has a point here… For more Iris the Art Muse comics, click her tab in the menu bar at the top.
Saved by the Sketch Cards!
Summer Drawing Challenge Days 15 & 16 I know it seems unbelievable, but sometimes a gal just has to attend to other things besides art! But I managed to sit […]
Sketch Cards!
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 14 Some years ago I was swept into the Artist Trading Card phenomenon — these are the same size as the familiar sports trading cards, 2.5 […]
A Merfolk Feast
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 13 I’m narrowing down the look of my merfolk for my in-progress graphic novel/webcomic The Mermaid, with the help of a lot of suggestions here and […]
Magic Muse Wand
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 12 It’s funny how Facebook posts about hair seem to generate immediate long conversations. Today I hennaed my hair, and mentioned it on Facebook, and — […]
Garden Muse
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 11 I have been travelling a lot in the last couple of months; first to TCAF in Toronto, then VanCAF in Vancouver, then to A-KON in […]
A Merman, Maybe
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 10 Continuing my obsession with designing mer-people characters, I had an interesting conversation with my comic-jam friends tonight at our weekly get-together. I asked them what […]
Canada Day Muse
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 9 Happy Canada Day! Tonight Iris, Mak, Ron, and I watched the fireworks from the studio window! Our house is on a hillside, with a straight […]
Mermaid Character Studies
Summer Drawing Challenge Days 7 & 8 My next graphic novel project has mermaid characters in it. But for the purposes of this story, I was bothered by the idea […]
Digital Art Muse
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 5 “Oh no!” I said, “my studio’s a wreck because I’m installing shelves — how am I going to do my drawing today?” Iris adjusted her […]
Informing the Muse
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 2 Do we need words? No, we do not. For more Iris the Art Muse comics, click her tab in the menu bar at the top. […]
Summer Drawing Challenge!
Gulp. I’m doing it again. Iris, my Art Muse, is going to have a fit when she hears about this. But I did warn her, way back when we completed […]
The End of the Challenge
It’s the last day of my Drawing-a-Day Challenge! I said I would draw something (and post it) every day for 30 days. The theory was that it would kick-start my […]
Quick-Draw! Sheriff Bill Platypus
Drawing-a-Day number 29 (one more to go!) I’d been drawing the graphic novel all day, and needed a change of pace. Tonight was the weekly gathering of several fellow comics […]
Intrepid Explorers
Drawing-a-Day number 28 Meet Miss Ophelia Bluefeather and Mister Cecil Ravensfield, the latest in my characters-from-doodles series. They are a famous pair of scientist-adventurers, known for their daring exploits on […]
Procrastination and the Muse
Drawing-a-Day 27 Just in case you’ve been wondering about the back side of Iris the Art Muse’s sash:
Still Life With Muse
Drawing-a-Day 26 Iris is being cooperative. Or maybe she can’t believe I could be so weird.
Dancing Muse
Drawing-a-Day 25 Iris the Art Muse has been working very hard of late. So tonight I invited her to come along to a contra dance. I play flutes and pennywhistle […]
White Wolf Woes
Drawing-a-Day 24 You know how some days, no matter what you do, you just can’t do your best? That’s how I’m feeling today. This should have been an easy little […]
A Golden (Retriever) Opportunity
Drawing-a-Day 23 I haven’t had a dog friend of my own for many years (my cat Mak likes being an only child) but every now and then I encounter one […]
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