Who is Iris?
Iris and I are seriously thinking about putting together a little min-comic for the comic conventions coming up. We decided she needed an introduction. I’ve known Iris ever since I […]
Category Archives: Illustration
A Feline Swashbuckler
Drawing-of-the-Day 17 Here’s another character from my doodles of last Sunday night, turned into a finished painting. I tried an experiment that was suggested to me by my mentor today […]
Drawing-a-Day — Fortnight!
Today’s sketch marks two whole weeks I have been doing this. Sometimes I’ve only gotten a sketch in before midnight by the skin of my teeth, but I’ve done it, […]
Art Supplies for Control Freaks — Coloured Pencils
Although I adore watercolours, and enjoy the give-and-take partnership between me and my medium when I’m using them, sometimes I want a medium that I can order around. That I […]
Cougar Annie — a west coast tale in comics
Cougar Annie is the story of a legendary woman of Vancouver Island’s pioneer days. I did this comic as part of last year’s Comics and Graphic Novels program at Camosun […]
A Comic in Process: from Thumbnails to Finished
I just finished the 64 pages of thumbnails for one of the graphic novels I’m working on, and am feeling like celebrating! Whoo-hoo! Since I’m watching my calories, I won’t […]
Suitable for All Ages — painting a theme
Two summers ago I participated in a group show at my studio cooperative. The theme was “Suitable for All Ages”. Usually I really like themes (I’m going to have to […]
Embellishing and Colouring Celtic Design
Today is the third in a series about my experiences in making Celtic art. I have several designs that i have both the pen and ink original versions of as […]
The Elements, Celtic Style
Yesterday I promised to post some more Celtic art, so today I have two sets of paintings that I did back around the turn of the century on the theme […]
Evolution of a Design — Celtic Seahorses
Celtic art has always fascinated me since I first saw it, as has Celtic music. Maybe it’s in the blood; I have a lot of ancestors from Ireland and Scotland. […]
Book Covers
Book Covers This is my third post — I’m enjoying experimenting with all the blog tools and widgets and whatnots! I’ve written a bit about myself and my journey, and […]
New Year, New Career, New Blog
So. Somewhat to my surprise, I’ve been on this planet for very nearly 60 years. I’ve been an artist for most of that time, sometimes making a living that way, […]
Karen Gillmore Art 