Technique of the Week, or, finishing Spam the Cat (part 4)
It’s been ages since I worked on my Spam the Cat polymer clay maquette, and I’m attempting to get it finished for the comic conference at Camosun College tomorrow. So […]
Aunt Root — a character maquette
Aunt Root is a character in my soon-to-be-online webcomic, The Mermaid. She’s a rather crusty character (with a heart of gold, or at least really good brass), and because of […]
Down by the Sea
Living on the coast as I do, one of my favourite places is down by the water. Whether it’s a beach on the wild west coast of our island, or […]
Dancing Starfish
One of my favourite subjects is the creatures of the tidepools that abound in this area. This is the only painting of tidepool critters that I’ve done in acrylic, for […]
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 […]
Iris the Art Muse has Her Own Page!
I’ve added a page in the menu bar at the top of the screen just for Iris! Here’s the coloured version of the Iris-does-collage drawing that I never got around […]
Tam Lin — an Ancient Scottish Ballad
It’s time for another comic! This is the Ballad of Tam Lin, a traditional story in song from way back in the mists of time somewhere. It is one of […]
Telling Tales
This is the cover to my first comic book, a collection of several short stories (a few of which can be found in the sidebar to your left!). I hadn’t […]
Sheriff Bill in Colour
Just a small post today — a while back I drew a little character study of Sheriff Bill Platypus, suggested by my comic jam buddies when I asked what to […]
Muse Muscles
I did say that, didn’t I? I’ve been working very hard lately; between the blog and the deadline for my graphic novel, I’ve become somewhat of a mysterious hermit woman, […]
Technique of the Week — Plein-Air Tips
Plein- Air: just a fancy way of saying you are going outside to paint! With spring upon us in the northern hemisphere (more or less), it’s time to start thinking […]
Happy (late) Vernal Equinox!
Spring has sprung, or at least it has in our neck of the woods — although it was cold enough to make the rooftops white with frost last night, today […]
Coloured Gesso City
Today I feel like posting something completely different, from my archives. I was scrolling through folders and ran across these little paintings, which I did as a bit of play […]
Reverse Illustration
For many years, the drawings and paintings I did were like illustrations for stories — but the stories didn’t exist yet. Many people asked me if I illustrated children’s books, […]
Shapechanger Goes Camping
The process of making a comic, step-by-step Yesterday I posted a one-page comic that I did as part of a school program, at the beginning of the year, and I […]
Shapechanger, an Origin Story
In 2012, I started a two-semester course on making comics and graphic novels at Camosun College. The first day we were asked to draw an avatar for ourselves, with the […]
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 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.
Technique-of-the-Week — Through the Eye of a Flower
Last week I did a step-by-step coloured pencil demo of a flower, in response to a question from a follower. The second part of her question, however, was a little […]
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