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 […]
Category Archives: It’s an artist’s life
News Flash!
EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!!! I just got a two page spread (wasn’t expecting that!) in our neighbourhood community newspaper. (UPDATE:) I’ve made a page of the e-interview by Shylene […]
A-Kon — there and back again
Home at last from a wonder-filled trip to A-Kon, an amazing anime-based convention in Dallas. I’m going to do a bit of a reversal of my social media here; I […]
A-Kon, Actually!
I’m at A-Kon, a big anime (and lots more!) convention in Dallas, Texas, and having a fabulous time! But alas, the internet is limited here at the hotel, and I […]
VANCAF Bliss
I just got back from VANCAF, the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival. It’s rather like TCAF (see my earlier posts for descriptions of that), but on a more intimate scale. The […]
So I’m an Optimist…
Yesterday I wrote that I’d be continuing the artist profiles today — I didn’t allow for the jet lag! I’m a little too foggy to entrust myself with a post […]
Featured TCAF creator: Joan Steacy
This is the second of my posts about artists who were at TCAF this past weekend. Today I’m featuring my friend and mentor, Joan Steacy! Follow the links in the […]
Featured TCAF creator: Sam Logan (and a trip to the ROM)
As promised, today begins a series of short features about some of the creators that were at TCAF this past weekend. My methodology for choosing them was highly personal; let’s […]
TCAF Euphoria
It’s over already! I’m tired but happy, having made some new friends, gotten to know others better, and stuffed my greedy little wheelie-luggage full of graphic novels. In fact, I’m […]
TCAF Delirium
TCAF has started in earnest! I packed my little wheelie bag lightly this morning, and pulled it along my morning kilometre walk like a pulltoy — a hungry pulltoy! It […]
Comics and the Big City!
Well, I’m here, revelling in my urban vacation, rubbing elbows with other folks who create and are passionate about comics! Yesterday I was up much too early, and on a […]
Inspiration Recharging Break
Today I made no art. None at all. No drawing, no inking, no painting, no writing, no music. Instead I took a day to “inspire”, in the sense of the […]
A Theory of Muses
I’ve been making art pretty much every day, intensively, since the beginning of the year. Iris the Art Muse (see her page in the menu bar if you haven’t met […]
A Day at a Comic Conference
Visual artists and writers spend a lot of solitary time immersed in creating their art. The need to connect with other artists and the public, face -to-face, has led to all […]
Life and Life Drawing
I’m back. It’s as if I’ve been to another country, a strange one, and yet I didn’t go more than a mile from my house the whole time. I’d been […]
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 […]
The Muse Never Sleeps
Drawing-a-Day number 19 Iris the Art Muse is back. Well, really she never left. Now she’s thinking she might want her own zine. What do you think?
The Muse is not Amused
Uh-oh — now I’ve done it. Forgot to check in with the muse. Meet Iris, whose name means Rainbow. She’s my art muse. I have a bunch of muses, and […]
To Draw or to Blog — That is the Question!
This blog is like a shiny new toy that just keeps getting better. Today marks one solid, 31-day month of blogging every day for me (I was going to start […]
Blogging and the Virtual Studio Tour
Today’s article on WordPress’s The Daily Post, “Who Is Your Reader”, got me thinking. Who am I writing for? Well, if you’re reading this, you, of course! You’re visiting my […]
A Typical Morning at our House
This is the first comic I made, in the evening class that led me to commit to a whole year’s full time study. I made thumbnail drawings, and corrected thumbnail […]
Blast from the Past — archaeology in the studio
I’ve been sorting the contents of boxes that have been in storage for quite a while, in an attempt to get rid of the storage locker that somehow snuck into […]
Comics Jam Medicine
This evening I was very blue. Seeing too many disturbing posts on Facebook put me over the top, and I was paralyzed with blueness. Maybe even shading into ultraviolet. I […]
20 Ways to Woo Your Muse; or, How to Procrastinate Productively
I often find it hard to get going again after my routine is disrupted by all the glitter and parties of the holiday season. Here are some of the strategies […]
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, […]
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