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Sun crop horizontal2022-01-31T04:57:04+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2022/01/28/limbo-in-the-studio/2022-01-29T04:47:30+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/comics/quadra-cats/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-summer-2017sm.jpgQuadra Cats Summer 2017smhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-11.jpgQuadra Cats 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-halloween-tones.jpgQuadra Cats Hallowe'en TONEShttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/qc-cover-tumblr.jpgQC cover tumblrhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-civilization.jpgQuadra Cats civilizationA little dignity goes a long way. Especially if it doesn't involve water.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-colour-clean.jpgQuadra Cats colour cleanThe Quadra Cats in the world of colour!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-print.jpgQuadra Cats printThe Quadra Cats helped out the Camosun Comic Arts Festival with this image for an Indiegogo perk.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-4.jpgQuadra Cats 4The Quadra Cats have a new friend.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-3sm.jpgquadra-cats-3smThe Quadra Cats get political — from the cat point of view, anyway.2021-04-07T02:29:43+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/2021/01/14/the-rest-of-the-12-days/2021-09-18T00:09:15+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2021/01/01/art-in-the-quarantine-age/2021-01-02T17:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2020/12/29/the-12-days-of-zooly/2021-01-03T07:20:49+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2020/12/24/creating-a-colouring-page-from-a-photo/2020-12-24T22:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2020/12/23/exploring-the-eelgrass-meadow/2020-12-24T17:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2020/12/21/galaxy-day/2020-12-21T21:29:44+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/02/06/art-supplies-for-comics-ink/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tam-lin-p6crop.jpgTam Lin p6crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cougar-annie-ink001.jpgCougar Annie ink001I kept the ink very simple, as I knew I was going to be putting in a lot of detail with the watercolours.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cougar-annie-splash.jpgCougar Annie splash.The finished page. The lettering and background colour for the title box were put in with Photoshop and InDesign.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/horse-sense-ink-p3-crop-copy.jpghorse sense ink p3 crop copyFrom Horse Sense, also in the Telling Tales collection under "comics" in the top menu.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/quadra-cats-3.jpgQuadra Cats 3My first "political" cartoon, commenting on a neighbourhood development situation.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tam-lin-p6.jpgTam Lin p6Tam Lin — Janet assures Tam Lin that she will meet him at the Fairy Ride and rescue him.2023-06-07T00:04:46+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/01/30/comics-class-nuts-n-bolts/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cougar-annie-vignette.jpgTelling Tales interior_rev2_final.The scene at the top of this page is a vignette. There are gutters between the other panels. The middle tier is a bleed, designed to go to the edges of the page.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/spam-and-sven1.jpgSpam and SvenIt was really tough to fit all the dialogue into this scene. I did some editing, but still ended up covering up more of the artwork than I would have liked, even though I had planned space for it. I could have made the letters smaller, but then they would have been less readable. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/spam-p-23.jpgSpam p 23This panel contains a lot of different ideas discussed here: speed lines and motion lines from Sven's arm as he tosses poor Spam; a bleed on the lower half of the page; inset panels; a vignette effect on the main scene as well as the transition from the top panel; imagery being used as a backdrop for panels; sound effects, and a "dust" cloud.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sasquatch-call.jpgSasquatch callThe Sasquatch's cry is colour-keyed to her smell (which kind of has a life of its own). Rather than put it in a dialogue balloon, I've treated it as somewhere between dialogue and a sound effect, with free-form white space surrounding it, tapering to a tail pointing at her mouth.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/spam-p-45.jpgSpamInteriorThe smell of the Sasquatch is colour keyed to her cry, and is the only time this colour is used in the book.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/spam-p631.jpgSpam p63In this scene, i tried to convey the chaos and noise by varying sizes and colours of noises, oriented in different directions. The tiny "mew mew" of the kittens (middle tier panel) shows the relative loudness.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/spam-p49.jpgSpamInteriorThe sound effects here are two kinds; a noise (thud), and utterances (woof, yeowl, growl). Notice Spam's switching tail here, too, created by overlapping multiple images.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/horse-sense-p9.jpgTelling Tales interior_rev2_final.Here's the page that preceded the dizzy horse and rider above! Speed lines and multiple partial views show just why Casey and Ben get so dizzy. In the panel at the top right, the panel border itself give an indication of impending dizziness as Casey discovers how tall horses are.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/horse-sense-p10.jpgTelling Tales interior_rev2_final.The young heroine of Horse Sense, another story from Telling Tales, expresses her frustration and wooziness with emanata. The horse is just woozy.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tam-lin-p15.jpgTam Lin p15_final.This is a splash page from Tam Lin, from my Telling Tales collection. The caption boxes are arranged to lead the eye, along with the swirling picture, in a kind of backwards S pattern, with the last one leading the reader to turn the page. I had fun making fancy boxes in indesign here.2020-12-15T02:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/01/23/creating-comics-characters/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/horse-sense-p3-sm.jpghorse sense comic p3The contrast between the size of the little girl here and her new riding teacher are deliberately exaggerated to emphasize the little girl's vulnerability and the teacher's strength. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sami-character-sheet.pngSami Character SheetThis is the basic Sami figure drawing. She's a young woman in her late teens, slightly built but strong from farm work. I only needed to make a basic structural drawing here., just enough to hang her clothes on.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sami-character-sheet-1.pngSami Character Sheet 1Sami's farm is high in the hills, a bit cooler than the city and sea. This is her "nice" outfit, for doing business, but not her 'sunday best". Her leather vest keeps the loose linen shirt from flopping too loosely, her breeches are comfortable for walking, and her boots are sturdy.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sami-character-sheet-2.pngSami Character Sheet 2This is Sami, dressed to go to sea (that's a bit of a spoiler, but not too much). Her costume is practical for hot weather, loose but not apt to get in the way. The pants roll down for cooler weather . Her shoes are canvas coated with a kind of flexible tree sap, like rubber.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/elves-character-sketches-1.jpgelves character sketches 1More techno-fay. I brainstormed stuff about their equipment and occupations in writing as I drew them.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sven-tells-a-story.jpgSven tells a storyHere's a page from Spam and the Sasquatch, without the words. Can you tell what is going on here?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/elves-character-sketches.jpgelves character sketchesThe professor started life as one of a series of sketches of techno-fay — sort of steampunk elves. They had magic, technology, and nature, and used it all.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0291.jpgCharacter maquette elf wizardI built a character maquette next out of polymer clay. you can read about the process here.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/professor-og-colour-sm.jpgProfessor O'G colour smProfessor O'Gumfry is an elf wizard in an 1800s bathing suit (don't ask). Here's his character sheet. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/professor-og-and-aliceb001.jpgProfessor O'G and Alice comicAnd here's a little one-page comic I made with the Professor and his friend Alice. 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Release date will be April 15, 2017.2017-04-03T15:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2017/02/28/everyday-art/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/every-day-things-crop.jpgevery-day-things-crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/every-day-things-1.jpgevery-day-things-12017-04-03T15:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/costumed-critters/2019-03-10T16:45:44+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/about/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/karen-in-studio.jpgkaren-in-studiohttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/10710903_10152479541263541_626366189098378280_n-e1414205750428.jpgKaren with BanjoFear not — 'tis only a four-string parlour banjo!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/karen-and-the-giant-zuke.jpgKaren and the Giant ZukeSelf-Portrait with Zuke plant2017-03-05T22:56:28+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/2017/02/21/a-mermaid-a-day/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mermaid-sketch-cards-crop.jpgmermaid-sketch-cards-crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mermaid-sketch-cards1.jpgmermaid-sketch-cardsA mermaid a day keeps the blues away!2017-02-23T18:25:43+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2017/02/12/exercising-the-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mollys-clatterbox-4.jpgmollys-clatterbox-4Same idea, only in colour, and then run through the "oil paint" filter. If a neon light and a liquorice rope had babies….https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mollys-clatterbox-8.jpgmollys-clatterbox-8Inverted, gradient mapped, extruded, and finally subjected to "oil paint". Zing!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mollys-clatterbox-6.jpgmollys-clatterbox-6Then I started playing with "gradient maps" —took me a bit to figure out what they do, but when I did — Wow! What fun! Now I have to figure out how to make custom gradient.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mollys-clatterbox-5.jpgmollys-clatterbox-5More "glowing edges", but in colour this time — and a couple of steps before applying the filter: I inverted the colour in Adjustments, then posterized it from the same menu.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mollys-clatterbox-3.jpgmollys-clatterbox-3This one is greyscale with "glowing edges". It reminds me of a scratchboard drawing.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mollys-clatterbox-1.jpgmollys-clatterbox-1A simple application of a "photocopy" filter. Kind of looks like a linocut!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mollys-clatterbox.jpgmollys-clatterboxThe original photo. Molly plays the washboard part with thimbles, and has all kinds of things to tap and bonk and shake clack and ding attached.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fair-folk-bandsm.jpgfair-folk-bandsmFair Folk playing Folk music! Who'da thunk it? I intended this to be very loose, using a brush pen on Arches cold-press paper (which is bumpy, so the lines have a certain, er, quality to them) and it got even looser when I discovered that my blue-pencil underdrawing smeared on this kind of paper, and the ink from the brush pen didn't dry as fast as usual so ended up blending into some of the watercolour. Oh well, now I know!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sketch-cards.jpgsketch-cardsSketch cards are the same size as trading cards, so you can get fancy sleeves to keep them in. I'm doing these on the lovely Opus Watermedia Paper, the offcuts from my comics pages. So far I'm using ink, watercolour, and watercolour pencils, but these are a great way to try out other media, as long as it's not smeary.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/artist-in-field.jpgartist-in-fieldI've been wanting to practice some hand lettering (as you can see, I'm not very consistent with it), because I have a collection of quotes I'd like to illustrate, and it's lots more fun to write the stuff by hand than just pop it in with Photoshop.2017-02-13T18:10:59+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2017/01/16/root-redwing/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rootkraken-f4-crop-2.jpgrootkraken-f4-crop-2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rootkraken-f4-crop-1.jpgrootkraken-f4-crop-12017-01-17T00:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/illustration/pen-and-ink/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/smfather-christmas-renfrew.jpgsmFather Christmas RenfrewRenfrew the Raccoonhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/smfather-christmas-owl.jpgsmFather Christmas OwlThe Owlhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/smfather-christmas-momcat.jpgsmFather Christmas MomcatMama Cathttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tam-lin-inks1006-copy.jpgTam Lin inks1006 copyJanet Hides from the Fairy Processionhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tam-lin-inks1003.jpgTam Lin inks1003Tam Lin and Janethttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tam-lin-inks1001.jpgTam Lin inks1001Janet's Castle2017-01-07T05:39:01+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/2017/01/06/dinosaurs/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jurassic-lark-1.jpgjurassic-lark-12017-01-07T05:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/12/31/bunnies-and-squirrels/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ratatoskflatcrop.jpgratatoskflatcrophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ratatoskflat.jpgratatoskflathttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/augertoothflat.jpgaugertoothflathttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bunhilde.jpgbunhilde2017-01-01T23:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/illustration/nature-and-sea-life/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ch-10-4.jpgch-10-4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ch13-2.jpgch13-2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ch-11-4.jpgch-11-4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ch-13-3-top.jpgch-13-3-tophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ch-13-5-bottom.jpgch-13-5-bottomhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ch-10-1-full-page.jpgch-10-1-full-pagehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/htlt-front-cover.jpeghtlt-front-coverhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/htlt-sea-anemones-low-tide-1.jpeghtlt-sea-anemones-low-tide-1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/htlt-octopus-ink.jpeghtlt-octopus-inkhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/htlt-giant-sea-anemones.jpeghtlt-giant-sea-anemonesGiant Sea Anemones — deadly to the creatures around them, but really fun to draw!2017-01-01T02:40:20+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/illustration/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-bronwyns-bane2.jpgBronwyn's BaneBronwyn's Bane — The shield shape has changed here, because the shield belonging to the main character in the story is round. I once again drew the design in pen and ink (I was able to trace the banner design to keep in consistent) and then had fun with the colouring. It was important to keep all the colours of the backgrounds distinctive — don't you just hate it when you're reading a series and you pick up one you've already read because the covers are so similar?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-cleopatra-7-2.jpgsm Cleopatra 7.2In Cleopatra 7.2, the ancient gods of Egypt are still working for the betterment of the world — this time as a team of environmentalists! I had great fun researching these characters — when I was a kid I read all the mythologies and every National Geographic story about digs in Egypt.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-christening-quest-colour.jpgChristening QuestThe Christening Quest is probably my favourite of these covers — not only has it got a purple dragon, but I got to do crystals!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-dragontrain005.jpgsm Dragontrain005The Dragon, the Witch, and the Railroad, the upcoming sequel to the rest of the series, is set in a Victorian-type era in the same world. This is the cover art without the banner, which I'll put in later; it still echoes the shield shapes, but now it's become a steampunk gear!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-unicorn-creed.jpgunicorn creed w-textThe Unicorn Creed — I used the shield shape from the first cover, and popped in a pen and ink drawing of the interior of the shield. That saved a lot of work!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-song-of-sorcery.jpgsm song of sorcerySong of Sorcery — I started with a pen-and-ink drawing, then coloured it in Photoshop and added the lettering in InDesign. I was originally going to paint it, but time was short. I ended up loving the look of the pure, intense colours. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-godmothers-web.jpgsm godmother's webThe Godmothers Web is set in the Southwest, so I did a lot of research on Hopi and Navajo designs, and even watched a fascinating video of a woman showing the traditional way to spin. wool. Then the hard part came — how to create the border from all the wonderful designs I had seen! I ended up making my own, based on several different ones. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-the-godmother-e1414440328796.jpgsm The GodmotherThe Godmother is set in Seattle, my old stomping grounds. I really enjoyed imbuing it with a magical feeling.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-godmothers-apprentice.jpgsm Godmother's Apprenticehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sm-channeling-cleopatra.jpgsm Channeling CleopatraIn Channelling Cleopatra, an archaeologist is united with the spirit of Cleopatra 7 through the wonders of modern science. Rather than make an overlay type illusion, I went for a juxtaposition that might have happened as she worked in the ruins.2016-12-31T23:18:25+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/illustration/book-covers-elizabeth-ann-scarborough/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shell-game-colour.jpgshell-game-colourhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/godmothers-apprentice-crop-wp.jpgGodmother's Apprentice crop WP2016-12-31T23:06:02+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/2016/11/03/a-mermaid-sprite/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mermaid-sprite-cover.jpgmermaid-sprite-coverhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_3574.jpgimg_3574https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/karenpurple.jpgkarenpurplehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/karendemo3.jpgkarendemo3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/karendemo.jpgkarendemohttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mermaid-sprite-colour1.jpgmermaid-sprite-colourhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mermaid-sprite-colour.jpgmermaid-sprite-colour2016-12-31T22:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/25/an-artists-holiday/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/encaustic-trees.jpgencaustic-treeshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/encaustic-abstract.jpgencaustic-abstracthttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/encaustic-tiny-abstract.jpgencaustic-tiny-abstracthttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/encaustic-scribble.jpgencaustic-scribblehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/encaustic-cat.jpgencaustic-cathttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/encaustic-flowers.jpgencaustic-flowershttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/encaustic-seascape.jpgencaustic-seascape2016-10-31T17:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/15/inktober-limitations-and-freedom/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mermaid-music-ch2-35.jpgmermaid-music-ch2-35https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-14.jpginktober-2016-14https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-13.jpginktober-2016-13https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-12.jpginktober-2016-12https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-11.jpeginktober-2016-112016-10-15T17:58:00+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/10/dinosaur-sibling-rivalries/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-10.jpginktober-2016-102016-10-11T05:26:11+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/09/galapagos-mistaken-identity/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-8-9.jpginktober-2016-8-92016-10-10T04:43:48+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/07/ask-an-elephant/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-7.jpginktober-2016-72016-10-08T06:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/05/false-felines/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-5.jpginktober-52016-10-06T18:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/04/whale-candy/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-4.jpginktober-2016-42016-10-05T04:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/03/meanwhile-in-australia/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-3.jpginktober-2016-32016-10-04T04:21:59+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/02/inktober-a-whale-of-a-tail/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-2.jpginktober-2016-22016-10-03T05:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/10/01/happy-inktober/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inktober-2016-1.jpginktober-2016-12016-10-02T20:24:16+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/10/24/black-cat-evolution/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/black-cat-3-colour-smcrop.jpgBlack Cat 3 colour smcrophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spooky-white-cat.jpgspooky white catI used the Pentel brush-pen for the black, and the cool grey markers for the greys. Thinking about colouring the eyes in this one, but it's hot of the drawing board, so haven't yet.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/black-cat-3-in-progress-sm.jpgBlack Cat 3 in progress smHere's the initial ink drawing, done with my trusty Pentel brush-pen. I absolutely love this tool; it can make the finest of hair-thin lines or big expressive thin-to-thick-to-thin-again strokes, and it's good for covering black areas to a certain extent, though if trying to cover a large area, it's kind of slow.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/black-cat-3-in-progress-3sm.jpgBlack Cat 3 in progress 3smNow for some fur textures; I used a Pigma Micron .03 pen for that, stroking both to create fur and to even out the marker gradations. This is as far as I took the drawing in physical form…https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/black-cat-3-in-progress-2sm.jpgBlack Cat 3 in progress 2smI decided to try using markers to get a more even gradation in the grey areas and speed things up a bit from the crosshatching. I used Prismacolor double-ended markers, in cool greys, 10%, 30%, 50%, and 70%, because that's what I have (must stock up the in-between ones, I love them so much!). I used a black Prismacolor marker for the background, because it was a lot to cover with the Pentel brush. Unfortunately the coverage isn't as even, but I decided that was OK as it gave a bit of texture. (I'm very good at rationalizing these things!)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/black-cat-3-colour-sm.jpgBlack Cat 3 colour sm… but I wanted to see what the moon and the eyes would look like in colour, so I tried Photoshop and was very happy with the results. I'm thinking of making a print of this.2016-10-02T03:11:49+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/10/23/cats-pumpkins/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cats-n-pumpkins-colour.jpgcats-n-pumpkins colour2016-10-02T03:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/10/20/inktober-black-cats/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/black-cat.jpegBlack Cat 2I tried simplifying the black areas a bit on this one and I think it worked better. Also didn't resort to crosshatching to darken the grey areas; I just made my strokes closer together. It gives a smoother look. The challenge on this one was my brush-pen — it ran out of ink, then wouldn't flow when I put in the new cartridge! So I switched brush-pens and the faulty one is now soaking. Take that! recalcitrant brush-pen!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/black-cat-1.jpegBlack Cat 1The first black cat. I struggled a bit to get the balance on this, but finally found it, I think. It was a very glossy kitty!2016-10-02T03:09:06+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/10/15/more-inktober-drawings/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/brownie-ink-2.jpgBrownie ink 2Every house needs a brownie — I know my studio does!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tree-elf-in-top-hat.jpgTree elf in top hatIf you look carefully into the treetops, you might spot this dapper little fellow.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/rose-elf.jpgrose elfWho says life isn't a bed of roses? This sleepy little elf thinks it is!2016-10-02T03:07:44+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/10/12/inspired-by-inktober/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12080353_978852745509368_3018464980407796572_o.jpgcomic jam spaceshipI like the alien letters I invented here. I discovered that I had left my little tool-bag at home, and all I had was the Stylist pen I keep in my purse, so I did all my drawing with that. It's really good for lettering!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/newspapers-colour.jpgNewspapers colour… and then coloured them in Photoshop. The client wanted the loose, comic-book-y look that drawing them this way gave, but opted for the flatter digital colour (I had done one project previously in a similar style, but with watercolour).https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/newspapers-ink.jpgnewspapers inkI did all the drawings for this video project in ink with my brush pen…https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/wendel-wyvern-ink.jpgWendel Wyvern inkA simple little wyvern; it was pretty busy so this is all I had time to do at the convention.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cat-dragon-ink.jpgcat dragon inkA cat-dragon!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/wendell-wyvern.jpgwendell wyvernI completed the wyvern at a demo I gave in watercolour the following Wednesday for a class in the Comics and Graphic Novels Program at Camosun College, taught by Ken Steacy. Everyone enjoyed watching him take shape, and we eventually named him Wendell the Wyvern. Ken asked for this one, and I gave it to him — I'm going to take another run at this character too.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/girl-on-horse-clean.jpeggirl on horse cleanI've been having a long conversation on my facebook page about turning this into a colouring book page — most everyone agrees that it would be better to colour without the black. Too bad I didn't scan it before I inked the shadows! I'll have to re-draw it for the colouring book.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dragon-cat-painted.jpgDragon cat painted… and of course it had to be a tabby!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bunny-viking.jpgBunny Vikinghttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bunny-viking-ink.jpgBunny Viking inkA formidable lass, eh?2016-10-02T03:05:02+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/09/16/now-is-come-september/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3403.jpgimg_3403https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/feline-fancies-pile.jpgfeline-fancies-pileAll the work for my Feline Fancies show, in my living room before hanging it at the venue!2016-09-17T04:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/08/06/summer-seas/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1040193.jpgp10401932016-08-06T20:36:35+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/07/02/fun-with-fireworks/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fireworks-montage.jpgfireworks montageHere are the crops of other photos. The bottom one had some good city lights, so I layered those over the background photo to beef up the city a bit.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/background.jpgbackgroundThis is the photo I chose to be the background, as the city lights were the steadiest and the sky was still smokeless.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/finished.jpgfinishedFireworks over Victoria! Actually, they didn't let off this many at once, but I employed a bit of Photoshop magic to make this picture. Read on to learn how to do your own!2016-07-05T03:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/06/20/finding-forgotten-art/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/merry-lasses-1.jpgMerry lasses 1Merry Lasses 1 — Very highly textured collage with acrylic, and drawing, 11x14 on canvas boardhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/merry-lasses-2.jpgMerry Lasses 2Merry Lasses 2 — Very highly textured collage with acrylic, and drawing, 11x14 on canvas board2016-06-21T06:39:05+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/05/31/colored-pencil-magazine-article/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cp-article-15-crop.jpgCP article 15 crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/twby_cpm160672.jpgtwby_cpm160672This one! The June 2016 issue! (for those who may be reading this post in the future, you may have to scroll down their "issues" page to find it. They do have lots of back issues if you like this one)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/twby_seemein1606.jpgtwby_seemein1606They even gave me this cool graphic to promote it! "The Art of Comics" — that's me!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cp-article-15.jpgCP article 15Page One of "The Dragon's Birthday" — watercolour pencil and coloured pencil (pencil crayon)2016-06-02T04:27:32+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/05/29/after-the-whirlwind/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/karen-vancaf.jpgKaren VanCAFhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3215.jpgIMG_3215My whole display. Amazing what you can stuff into a 4-foot table space! Besides the new books, I introduced stickers — mostly cats — from my Redbubble shop!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0820.jpgIMG_0820Takeout Planet and Practice in hand — tired and tickled pink.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ron-n-me-ccaf.jpgRon-n-me CCAFMe-n-hubby at the college festival. Yes, I needed to be held upright at this point!2016-05-31T18:09:23+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/05/11/takeout-planet/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/takeout-planet-cover1.jpgTakeout Planet CoverThe Quadra Cats are all assembled for some interplanetary cultural puzzlements — but they all love takeout!2016-05-12T00:55:22+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/04/29/quadra-cats-book/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/quadra-cats-civilization-crop.jpgQuadra Cats civilization crop2016-05-01T04:33:27+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/15/comics-jam-medicine/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/comic-jam-dog.jpgcomic jam dogRay, the woeful comic jam dog2016-04-15T00:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/04/10/painting-mermaids-and-merboys/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mermaid-music-ch2-18crop.jpgMermaid Music ch2.18crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mermaid-in-progress-ch2-18-31.jpgMermaid In-Progress ch2.18 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mermaid-ink-ch2-18.jpgMermaid Ink ch2.18https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mermaid-music-ch2-18.jpgMermaid Music ch2.18https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mermaid-in-progress-ch2-18-2.jpegMermaid In-progress ch2.18 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mermaid-in-progress-ch2-18-1.jpegMermaid In-progress ch2.18 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mermaid-in-progress-ch2-18.jpegMermaid In-progress ch2.182016-04-29T20:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/03/08/art-zombie/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/d-bday-test-double-clean.jpgD Bday test double cleanThis is for a story called "The Dragon's Birthday", which I'm very much looking forward to working on! I was testing two kinds of coloured pencils here, wet (watercolour) and dry (the regular kind).https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/rootkraken-f6-crop.jpgRoot and the KrakenThe story is about Root from Mermaid Music, in her younger days. I got to draw a whole lot of octopus tentacles!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mermaid-music-ch2-12.jpgmermaid-music-ch2-12Although Mermaid Music is a sea comic, Root had to ride overland, so I got to draw a horse! I should put more horses in the story, it was fun.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/february-art.jpgFebruary artAll the art I made in February, with the exception of a few small pencil sketches that forgot to come to the gathering.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3152.jpgUnder the WeatherI really was feeling kind of glum, and it was pouring down rain, but I was much happier when I got done drawing this!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mermaid-reflection.jpgMermaid reflectionI think this one is my favourite of the whole album. Might have to translate it to a bigger painting.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/12747911_1049343325126976_5720155882652983601_o.jpgIt'll all end in kittensI love those movies where you know the guy and the girl are going to end up together, even if they hate each other at the very beginning.2016-05-16T17:07:48+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/02/01/opus-daily-practice-challenge/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3142.jpgDragon EggToday's prompt was "egg" and I immediately thought "dragon". I also need some practice drawing hands, so I drew mine.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3140.jpgOpus Daily Practice ChallengeI did get my comics page done, and the prompt that Opus sent as well. So there, Iris! 2016-02-09T18:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/22/news-flash/2016-02-01T07:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/about/interview-with-hillside-quadra-news/2016-02-01T07:00:58+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/2016/01/16/watercolour-pencils-fun/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3138.jpgIMG_3138There's nothing quite like a beautiful rainbow of pencils, waiting to be used to make art!2016-01-19T18:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/01/14/kickstarter-calendar/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12573789_1024113937649915_4917172791290127718_n.jpgCleopatra 7.2This calendar page features the book cover for Cleopatra 7.2 as the central image, but I used bits from Channelling Cleopatra as the backdrop; lots more clone stamping in Photoshop to erase the elements of the picture I didn't want and replace them with bits from other parts of the picture.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12540711_1024113990983243_2579215677540621978_n.jpgThe Shell Game calendar pageAnnie designed the shield in her beading program (she's a very talented beadweaver as well as writer!) and I made it into a book cover using the banner and shell ornaments I designed for the series. The dragons on either side are from one of my Celtic pen and ink drawings.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12494888_1024113807649928_4204942541969976284_n.jpgNine Tales O' CatsI used Photoshop to create a wider galaxy for this portrait of my cat Mak to sit upon, using the existing background bits and lots and lots of Photoshop clone stamp!2016-01-15T00:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/01/13/kickstarter-last-chance-the-shell-game/2016-01-13T19:29:23+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2016/01/12/monotype-madness/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3134.jpgMonotype evening 7The print at the bottom left shows beautifully some of the painterly effects of this technique. And the bamboo just knocked my sox off!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3135.jpgMonotype evening 6I loved the colour of this bear — the artist was using a really juicy, opaque pink and it transferred extremely well. I think this would make a great illustration for a children's book.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3127.jpgMonotype evening 1My table set-up. I had two tables to spread out on, what luxury!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3132.jpgMonotype evening 5This is a great example of how the transfer and the plate can both make beautiful works of art on their own.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3129.jpgMonotype evening 4These ladies were going about their painting with such verve! This was a skilled group of artists, a real treat to work with, as I usually teach beginner classes.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3131.jpgMonotype evening 3One of the interesting things about this technique is that you can end up with two works of art that are related but quite different.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3128.jpgMonotype evening 2Some of my old prints flanked by the new ones I worked on tonight.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3133.jpgMonotype evening 8Here's another image that I think would make a great illustration: the little rabbit silhouetted in front of the warm, bright light of a sunrise.2016-01-13T06:40:24+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/iris-the-art-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/art-muse-4-colour-x-sm.jpgArt Muse 4 colour x-smThe coloured version — I think this will be the cover to Iris's book. Probably. Maybe. Unless I do another one in colour later!2016-01-05T20:46:20+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/2015/12/31/a-mazing-time/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/redbubble-stickers.jpgRedbubble stickersMy order of kitty stickers came from Redbubble yesterday! I'm going to stick them on everything, buwahaha!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/inktober-flute-fairy.jpgInktober flute fairyOne of my Inktober fairies. I made little rhymes to go with them and packaged them up as colouring packets to give away on Halloween. The idea was to be candy-free, but my hubby couldn't stand the thought of not offering the kiddies chocolate, so he went out and bought some really good chocolate (in case there was any left over, of course)! What a guy!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tabby-in-the-garden.jpgTabby in the Garden"Tabby in the Garden" — one of my Inktober cats that I hadn't posted here at the time. Brush pen and Prismacolor markershttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-shows-collage.jpg2015 shows collageA collage of some of the shows I did this year. And this jumble is a good illustration of what it felt like!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/quadra-cats-4.jpegQuadra Cats 4The Quadra Cats met a new friend this fall. He hasn't got a real name yet, but he thinks his name is Scat Cat. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mermaid-music-p22-23-2sm.jpgmermaid-music-p22-23-2smThe dream sequence from Book One of Mermaid Music. You can read the webcomic here.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/carla-project-colour-1-2sm.jpgCarla project colour 1.2smThis was for a project about private vs public donors. I had great fun doing a bit of caricature of famous folks, and drawing all the people behind them—in my mind they all had interesting and unique stories. This was created in watercolour and ink, and then digitally broken apart to "pop in" different segments of the illustration. You can see the whole video here.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tape-on-mouths-flat.jpgsilencing the oppositionThis was for the second video project, which was about finding ways to bridge the frictions between factions in environmental disputes, and get them talking to each other. This project allowed me to do some digital colouring, as the client preferred that look. This illustration is about the muzzling of activists and scientists in Canada.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1030423.jpgMak the CatMak a year ago. I've been wanting to write a proper memorial for him, with some of the art he's inspired, but I'm still too tender.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/marbled_paper.jpegMarbled_PaperEndpaper from a book published in Scotland in 1842. Encyclopædia Britannica 7th edition2016-01-24T18:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/12/22/midwinter-greetings/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/portal-stonehengesolstice.jpgStonehenge SolsticeImage: "Portal" — a linocut from many, many moons ago, back when I was doing a lot of those. The ink was applied in a "rainbow roll" on the plate, then the print was hand-coloured with watercolours.2015-12-22T20:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/12/15/mistaken-identity-quadra-cats/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/quadra-cats-christmas-e1450208431820.jpgQuadra Cats Christmashttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/quadra-cats-mistaken-identity.jpgQuadra Cats Mistaken IdentityAlien Cat has a close encounter of the weird kind.2015-12-19T06:40:05+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/12/06/studio-open-house/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2880.jpgStudio 6 at Xchangeshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2960.jpgPen and Ink printshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2876.jpgStudio 6 at Xchanges 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2961.jpgcolouring cardshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2883.jpgKaren in studiohttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2872.jpgStudio 6 at Xchanges 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2871.jpgStudio 6 at Xchanges 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2890.jpgoriginals and postcardshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2887.jpgkitty cardshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2888.jpgwinter cards2015-12-07T21:58:00+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/06/01/the-studio-shuffle/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/out-of-chaos.jpgOut of Chaos"Out of Chaos" - 16x16" on canvas — This is what my studio looks like in my head right now! Hopefully order will be restored soon.2015-12-06T18:23:49+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/11/16/i-have-a-shop/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rare-sighting-crop.jpgRare Sighting crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rare-sighting-for-redbubblesm.jpgRare Sighting"Rare Sighting" — ink, watercolour, and digital2015-11-17T20:08:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/11/15/artsy-chocolates/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/xchanges-assortment-colourv2sm.jpgXchanges Assortment colourV2smI made this almost entirely in Photoshop; only the basic outlines were done in brush-pen. 2015-11-17T07:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/11/03/seashell-archives-book-cover/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/shell-game-blogcrop.jpgShell Game blogcrophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/shell-game-cover-text-crop.jpgShell Game coverThe Shell Game — pen and ink with digital colouring2015-11-04T18:18:12+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/comics/telling-tales/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/professor-og-and-alice.jpgProfessor O'G and Alice2017-02-18T06:24:22+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/2015/10/18/comics-art-and-conventions/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2849.jpgQuadra Cats Colouring CardI also coloured one of the Quadra Cats colouring cards for Katrina, and got my first look at what they would look like in colour! I'd been planning to do the original for the demo, which I did later, but this gave me a chance to make sure I'd like the colours first.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2842.jpgKay at Karen's tableThe corner configuration gave us the opportunity to try a different set-up. I liked it, but it definitely takes two people to run it this way.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2850.jpgRose Elf Colouring CardThis is the little Rose Elf I posted a couple of days ago. I have made some funny little rhymes to go with each elf, sort of like you'd see in an antique children's book.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2851.jpgKaren's colouring cards, paintiedI painted these colouring cards with watercolour. It was not watercolour paper, but regular cardstock, and was a little bit strange to work on, as it was not designed for wet media. But ultimately it worked fine, once I had figured out that I had to work really, really fast!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2843.jpgKaren's demo table at Duncan Comic Book ExpoAs is usual in Artist's Alley, artists were asked to demonstrate their work. I had a lot more elbow room to work here, and was able to set up my portfolios of originals on each side. I had also made some colouring cards of some of the Inktober drawings, and ended up painting two of them for the organizer for a demo.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2846.jpgKaren at Duncan Comic Book ExpoThe obligatory photo of me behind the comics!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2848.jpgDuncan Comic Book ExpoThe hall was not quite as huge as it looks in this IPhone photo, but almost! https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2801.jpgKaren at VCON tableThe obligatory pose-with-the-art. I was so tired! But happy to be set up.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2817.jpgKay at Karen's VCON tableMy trusty assistant, Kay, with the Tower of Prints we set up. We were back in the far, far corner of the hall, so needed the height to bring people back to look.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2825.jpgKaren's VCON art show panelA variety of book cover and comic art made up my art show panel — the paper bits hanging all over the place are bid tags, as the pieces are sold at auction, with a minimum bid determined by the artist.2015-10-20T17:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/06/a-day-at-a-comic-conference/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_5750.jpgIMG_5750My sweet and ever-patient hubby sat the table most of the day while I ran around and bought comics, chatted up the guests, went to talks in the auditorium, and helped run a comics-making session.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_5751.jpgIMG_5751All my little polymer clay children!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_5755.jpgIMG_5755Two of my friends chat in the background while our comics from last year repose in glory on the central table.2015-10-18T23:27:07+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/09/comics-and-the-big-city/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/westjet.jpgWestjetJet lag! Pretty clever of those West Jet people to put their web address on the wing so people taking pictures out the window would advertise for them!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0073.jpgIMG_0073The crowd at the kick-off event! I was in the back row, but the sound was great, and they had the panel up on video screens at the side so those in the back could see the panelists.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0045.jpgIMG_0045A selfie on the plane!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0069.jpgIMG_0069Steven McCabe's endless line drawing (that's him in the background)2015-10-18T23:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/10/tcaf-delirium/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0088.jpgIMG_0088I wanted to wander around taking pictures from every angle, but didn't want to look like a tourist. Oh wait, I did?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0101.jpgIMG_0101I've passed by this moving sign each day on my way up and back down Bloor. The people walk continuously back and forth — at first I thought they were mimicking actual people but quickly determined that they weren't. Wouldn't that be cool, though, if they did?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0104.jpgIMG_0104At last, "home" is in sight! The All Days Hostel is in this row of sweet little narrow houses.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0084.jpgIMG_0084Well, I got too excited today to remember to take photos! So here are some of my walk back to the hostel. I'm not in the big city very often, so this was an opportunity to take pictures of things I wouldn't usually think of as being, well, something to take pictures of! https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0087.jpgIMG_0087St. Paul's Anglican, Bloor Street — When I saw this church, I thought I was in England! It looks positively ancient, but it was built in 1913. I love the juxtaposition of this medieval looking architecture with the modern columns in the foreground.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0093.jpgIMG_0093There are towers, and then there are towers!2015-10-18T23:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/11/tcaf-euphoria/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0120.jpgIMG_0120The upstairs room — this photo doesn't do it justice; it was a huge room and adjacent smaller room, the large on being the same as the photo I posted on Friday's blog.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0109.jpgIMG_0109A view from the second floor. The tables were not just in the centre space you see here; they were wound around the entire first floor, in every nook and cranny!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0133.jpgIMG_0133The view from the fourth floor. The Toronto Reference Library is a beautiful space for an event like this.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0132.jpgIMG_0132Another view from the fourth floor. It was much more crowded yesterday; the stairs going up were jam-packed, and at one point it was very hard to get upstairs because they'd reached capacity!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0111.jpgIMG_0111TCAF is all about the creators of indie comics and small press publishers. I wish I could have bought something from each of them, but I'd have had to open my own library. Oh, and win the lottery!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0114.jpgIMG_0114The study areas of the library were open as usual; researchers were coexisting remarkably well with festival-goers. I loved these glass study areas.2015-10-18T23:23:39+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/25/vancaf-bliss/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0855.jpgIMG_08552015-10-18T23:21:53+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/07/a-kon-actually/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0866.jpgIMG_0866Victoria's Inner Harbour is a pretty busy place, with little sightseeing ferries (some of us call them bumbleboats because they remind us of bumblebees) bopping from point to point around the harbour, the huge new Hippos amphibious busses ploughing around between them, and floatplanes skimming across the surface like water striders, taking off and landing. Sailboats and yachts come and go from the many docks lining the harbour, and kayakers nose around the edges, investigating the strange lifeforms clinging to the pilings under the docks.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0898.jpgIMG_0898But despite the man-made thunder, the sunset was lovely. My beach acquaintance asked where I was from, and when I told him Vancouver Island, he pointed at the sun and said, "oh, just about where the sun is setting now". I aimed a mental salute at the sun and my home, and turned my thoughts south.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0891.jpgIMG_0891Once out in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, we headed into a wispy fogbank — I felt like I might be entering the Twilight Zone! For a while, we could have been somewhere far out to see, for all the land that was visible — but soon we emerged on the far side of the foggy discontinuity. One minute we were on a featureless sea; the next, the Olympic Mountains loomed. The water's surface was nearly glassy for most of the trip over, but the swells from the Pacific made for some interesting walking down the aisles of the ferry; it looked like a ship full of drunken landlubbers (including me)!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0862.jpgIMG_0862The journey started Tuesday afternoon on the MV Coho, a Black Ball line ferry that runs between Victoria, BC and Port Angeles, WA. I really like ferries, and it's always a treat to get to ride on one. Bonus: the day was lovely and warm, at least on shore, so I was able to go out on deck, breath the sea air, and not freeze!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0899.jpgIMG_0899I found my way to my friend Annie's (the writer of Spam and the Sasquatch) place in Port Townsend, and she took me on an evening tour of some of Spam's favourite haunts, including Elevated Ice Cream. We fetched up at a beach facing Whidbey Island, from which emanated a sound like thunder. I asked a man on the beach what it was, and he said there was a new kind of jet that was being tested over there, and that the locals were Not Amused. I could hear why.2015-10-18T23:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/15/a-kon-there-and-back-again/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0995-e1414206102411.jpgIMG_0995Me, proudly (or maybe smugly) showing off my proof copy of Spam and the Sasquatch at the artists' alley table at A-Kon in Dallas.2015-10-18T23:15:35+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/08/07/off-to-the-yukon/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img040.jpgimg040"Explore" — watercolour with pen and ink and relief printing2015-10-18T23:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/09/05/back-in-the-saddle-again/2015-10-18T23:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/03/20/camosun-comic-arts-festival/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/4cpostersm.jpg4CPosterLast year's poster, by Ken Steacy. Now, doesn't this look like fun?2015-10-18T23:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/05/25/a-vancaf-adventure/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_25672.jpgKaren's VanCAF tableMy table at VanCAF! I had some new prints this time, as well as the new book, and I took the originals for Mermaid Music and Spam and the Sasquatch along to show people.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_25641.jpgMermaid Music bannerI made this banner from things I had lying around — an old pole from when I used to sell tassels at markets, and an unfinished canvas painting which converted to the purpose with markers. Everyone thought it was one of the expensive, commercially printed ones!2015-10-18T23:10:25+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/10/05/of-cats-gardens-and-diets/2015-10-13T06:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/08/14/travelling-with-comics/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2693.jpgCoastal Celebration life preserverWe travelled over on the largest and newest of BC Ferries' fleet, the Coastal Celebration. I found a quiet space on deck and just hung out, breathing in sea air for inspiration!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_27341.jpgMermaid Music Ch2 p3 WIP paintinghttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2732.jpgMermaid Music Ch2 p3 WIP inkhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2723.jpgMermaid Music Ch2 p3 pencilhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2730.jpgMermaid Music Ch2 p3 inkhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2735.jpgMermaid Music Ch2 p32015-08-15T14:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/08/09/mermaid-music-returns/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mermaid-music-ch2-1-crop.jpgmermaid-music-ch2-1 crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mermaid-music-ch2-1-1.jpgmermaid-music-ch2-1-1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mermaid-ink-ch2-1.jpgmermaid-ink-ch2-1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0758.jpgReady to paint!Ready to paint!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0761.jpgMermaid Music in-progress 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0759.jpgMermaid Music in-progress 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0765.jpgMermaid Music in-progress 5https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0762.jpgMermaid Music in-progress 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_0764.jpgMermaid Music in-progress 42015-08-11T00:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/07/03/mermaid-maquette-armature/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mermaid-sculpture-5.jpgMermaid sculpture 5https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mermaid-sculpture-3.jpgMermaid sculpture 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mermaid-sculpture-6.jpgMermaid sculpture 6https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mermaid-sculpture-4.jpgMermaid sculpture 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mermaid-sculpture-8.jpgMermaid sculpture 8https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mermaid-sculpture-1.jpgMermaid sculpture 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mermaid-sculpture-7.jpgMermaid sculpture 7https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mermaid-sculpture-2.jpgMermaid sculpture 22015-08-07T14:48:10+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/13/20-ways-to-woo-your-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pebbles1.jpgpebbles2015-05-15T18:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/05/13/an-enchanted-sunday/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2559.jpgFerny the fairyI couldn't resist — but it was very hard to pick just one to adopt!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2516.jpgFairy bridgeMariesa was walking across the bridge in the pond behind us, capturing the spirit of the day.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2502.jpgstilt-walkerThere was a fellow on stilts, doing balloon art, and lots of little kids dressed up as fairies, elves, and even one little dragon!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2504.jpgglass musicThere was a woman playing various instruments made of glass: a sort of harp-like arrangement of glass tubes , three different sizes of milky-glass singing bowls, and a pyramid like object that she would put over people's heads and strike gently. Mesmerizing sounds, especially in the woodland glade setting! (I love the bit of accidental forced perspective in this photo — looks like there is a little girl coming from the pyramid!)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2508.jpgdragon eggs… inside the tree there are eggs, and what could they be but dragon eggs? Who knew dragons nested in trees?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2514.jpgfox skull womanSuddenly, the fox woman became a ghostly apparition!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2483.jpgAstraThe marvellous Astra Crompton made an appearance!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2512.jpgdragon eggs 2Sometimes dragons are so bold as to nest in the middle of a labyrinth! This site gives momma dragon plenty of space to take off and land in.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2492.jpgJapanese garden pondThe backdrop for our booth!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2513.jpgFox womanI found this fox woman walking down the path! Turned out she was capable of some eerie transformations:2015-05-14T17:32:44+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/05/11/its-a-book/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mm-cover-ff.jpgMM cover FFThe cover for Mermaid Music, both sides.2015-05-13T04:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/04/06/comic-arts-festival-time/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5750.jpgMy table last year at CCAF (which was then called the Camosun College Comics Conference — we were into alliteration!). I got a luxurious amount of space last year! That's my handsome hubby, Ron, holding down the fort while I take pictures.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5751.jpgSome of the Polymer Clay Maquettes I brought to show off at my table.2015-05-04T18:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/04/21/magic-at-the-lagoon/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2479.jpgBirds at Esquimalt Lagoonhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2421.jpgThe Coast Collective Arts Centrehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2465.jpgCamelliashttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2461.jpgLichen and Mosshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2456.jpgThe Great Treehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2464.jpgCamellia Bird Househttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2475.jpgForest Spirithttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2419.jpgLagoon Beach Viewhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2442.jpgAncient Cedarhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2434.jpgDappled Lawn2015-04-21T07:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/03/16/making-mermaid-music/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mermaid-music-p111.jpgMermaid Music p11https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mermaid-ink-p11.jpgMermaid ink p11https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mermaid-pencils-1011.jpgMermaid pencils 10&11https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0731.jpgMermaid Music in progress 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mermaid-music-p11.jpgMermaid Music p11https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mermaid-music-p11crop.jpgMermaid Music p11crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0735.jpgMermaid Music in progress 5https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0732.jpgMermaid Music in progress 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0734.jpgMermaid Music in progress 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0733.jpgMermaid Music in progress 32015-03-18T19:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/03/13/political-cats/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/quadra-cats-3sm.jpgQuadra Cats 3Tux, Jazz, and Alien Cat discover that silence is not always the best policy.2015-03-14T05:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/03/10/cats-n-sasquatch-for-indiegogo/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/spamsasquatchccaf.jpgSpam&SasquatchCCAF2015-03-19T16:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/03/09/thickening-the-webcomic-plot/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mermaid-music-p10crop.jpgmermaid-music-p10cropSami may be getting somewhere in her quest!2015-03-09T19:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/03/05/maps-and-dragons/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10492565_10152843699719580_4128019698238807752_n.jpgThe Dragon, the Witch, and the RailroadTa-Da! The finished cover of the book, with lettering added by the publisher, Charlotte Holley of Gypsy Shadow Publishing.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/argonianrailmapsm.jpgargonianrailmapsmThe original version of the map, by Doug Dean, with the author's railroad routes laid out in dots.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/argonia-map-whole-fgs.jpgArgonia Map BWThe greyscale version of the map, for use in print books. One of the challenges was to keep it readable both in colour and greyscale.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/argonia-map-whole-fsm.jpgArgonia Map colourThe colour version of the map, for use in the e-book.2015-03-07T17:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/03/02/comic-festival-indiegogo/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/logo.jpgLogohttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/karen.jpgKarenAlien cat discovers comics! 2015-03-03T03:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/02/22/comics-class-what-now/2015-04-04T00:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/02/20/comics-class-wrap-up/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2273.jpgKaren's Comics Class1My panoramic technique is a bit shaky, especially when standing on a chair.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2274.jpgKaren's Comics Class2We had characters from Cavemen to under-the-bed monsters…https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2276.jpgKaren's Comics Class3…techniques from ink to watercolour to collage…https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2275.jpgKaren's Comics Class4… and stories of one page to many, as well as poems. 2015-02-20T23:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/02/13/comics-lettering-balloons/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cougar-annie-and-her-dad.jpgCougar Annie and her dadI was really, really glad I had the Ames Lettering Guide to rule off all of this conversation I wanted to fit in to this page!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/muse-3.jpgMuse 3For some reason, I decided to letter all the Muse comics in upper case without ruling lines — I think it might have worked better if I had used more of a hand-writing style, as far as the mood goes, though it is perfectly readable.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/professor-ogumfry-and-alice.jpgProfessor O'Gumfry and AliceThe first panel has an example of a continuing conversation with connected balloons. In panel two, I had the challenge of the disparity of heights, so I had to leave room for the tails of both balloons to sort of circumnavigate each other.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/spam-and-rocky.jpgSpam and RockyThere was a fair bit of conversation to fit into the two upper panels here, so I made sure, script in hand, that I had enough space for the lettering (which I put in later in InDesign) as I planned the panels. Rocky's last remark, bridging the last two panels, seems to leave behind the second panel and pop out of the third, as does his paw.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/horse-sense-last-panel.jpgHorse sense last panelThis might be a bit of an extreme example of connected sentences — but it gives the effect of the girl excitedly chattering to her mom.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/horse-sense-closeup.jpgHorse Sense closeupThis balloon fits into the corner of the panel, maximizing the use of the space.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mermaid-p6-panel-1.jpgMermaid p6 panel 1Here's a panel from Mermaid Music, pencilled and ready to be inked and coloured. I used the Ames Lettering Guide for the lines.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/spam-p26-screenshot.jpgSpam and the Sasquatch: Spam recoversSome of the conversation in this panel is happening "off-camera"; the visual focus is on poor Spammy, recovering from the indignity of being tossed into a parked car, but the conversation is all from the people. I chose to leave most of the tails off of the balloons to give the effect of disconnected voices being heard by Spam in his swoon.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/spam-p23-screenshot.jpgSpam and the Sasquatch: Sven regales the ladiesThis was a tricky conversation to set up; I had to draw a map of where everyone was at the table, then rotate the views so that the conversation didn't end up with awkward balloon-crossings.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/iris-mugshot2.jpgIris mugshot2A combination of hand and computer lettering2015-02-14T19:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/02/11/paper-for-comics/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/father-christmas-renfrewsm1.jpgFather Christmas RenfrewsmI used Paper for Pens with Pigma Micron pens and brush Marker for Renfrew the Raccoon's illustration from Father Christmas.2015-02-11T08:05:44+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/21/an-experimental-post-and-pic/2015-02-11T02:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/02/09/mermaid-music/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mermaid-music-colour-p6-crop.jpgmermaid-music-colour-p6 cropSami has proof!2015-04-03T06:40:47+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/16/spam-the-cat-becomes-a-character-maquette-part-1/2015-02-10T04:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/02/02/up-and-running-sort-of/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-tidepool-samplercrop-2.jpgcropped-tidepool-samplercrop-2.jpg2015-02-03T05:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/02/02/evidence-of-comics/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2259.jpgPage 2/3 in progressThis is the big double-page spread (you can see the pen and ink in yesterday's post). I was about halfway through it when I took this picture.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2254.jpgMermaid Music, page one!Here's the first page. I really got into all the little details on this page — a rather scary standard I've set for myself!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2251.jpgKaren's studio, work in progressThe corner of my studio with the windows. The light was lovely today.2015-02-09T22:45:49+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/01/24/meet-sami-redwing/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sami-redwing-colour-seasm.jpgSami Redwing sailing togsSami is lucky that her Aunt Root's old sailing clothes fit her so well!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sami-redwing-colour-farmsm.jpgSami Redwing farm outfitThis is Sami's going-on-errands outfit; she wears it when transacting farm business and travelling (which she hasn't done a lot of in her young life). 2015-01-27T17:42:28+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/05/character-study-a-young-lady-sasquatch/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-sasquatch-paint.jpgsm Sasquatch paintHere she is with watercolour. I wasn't thrilled with the results, it got a bit muddy as I was trying to get the feel of the paper, which is Stonehenge. I'm testing different papers trying to find the ideal one for both ink and watercolour.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sasquatch-ink2.jpgSasquatch ink2Sasquatch — ink, mainly drawn with brush, background with pigma pen.2019-03-22T22:22:28+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/01/16/creating-comics-script-and-thumbnails/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-thumbnails.pngQuadra Cats thumbnailsThis is the full sheet of paper, which gives you a sense of the size of the thumbnails at the bottom. The larger sketch was another attempt at the first panel that I didn't finish.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-thumbnails-crop.pngQuadra Cats thumbnails crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/quadra-cats-layout-sketch.pngQuadra Cats Layout sketchThe full sized layout, first take.2015-01-24T01:02:21+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/01/19/the-mermaid-lives/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-mermaid-p1-cropsm.pngThe Mermaid p1 cropsmhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-mermaid-p-2-3.pngThe Mermaid p 2-3The end of one journey and the beginning of another.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-mermaid-p1sm.pngThe Mermaid p1smWho is this young woman? Why does she look so determined?2015-01-20T06:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/01/16/welcome-comics-class/2015-01-17T01:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/01/05/vancaf-ho/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mak-purr.jpgMak purrHow I'm feeling right now! Purrr! Stretch! Knead!2015-01-07T00:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2015/01/02/13233/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img053.jpgImagineA whole year of possibilities ahead!2015-01-03T19:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/12/31/creative-resolve/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/18063_100466323315808_6368736_n.jpgCrystal Ballsfollow the bubbles distance is nearer than far one step at a time2014-12-31T21:39:03+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/12/30/crystal-ball-retrospective/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/18063_100466246649149_2326973_n.jpgCrystal Ball in driftwooddriftwood cast ashore cradles a bubble of time encapsulated2015-01-01T03:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/12/26/those-quadra-cats/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/quadracats2cleansm.jpgQuadra Cats 2Those Quadra Cats!2014-12-27T01:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/12/24/salish-sea-santa/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/santas-boatsm.jpgSanta's boatsm2014-12-25T18:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/12/22/a-serene-solstice/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/solstice-e-card.jpgsolstice e-cardA little collage I did some time ago, and just re-fitted as a Solstice e-card. You may share this if you like, just please leave the image intact.2014-12-22T09:31:23+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/12/13/father-christmas-spam-the-cats-first-christmas-serialized-through-dec-24/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fathchrisfbcov.jpgfathchrisfbcovhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/father-christmas-deer.jpgFather Christmas deerhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/father-christmas-renfrew.jpgFather Christmas RenfrewI used Pentalic Paper for Pens for this drawing of Renfrew the Raccoon. 2014-12-14T01:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/12/06/open-studio-day/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mountain-road.jpgMountain roada road to somewhere destination beckoning the journey is allhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/winter-tree-watermarked.jpgwinter treereaching for the sky summer raiment forgotten clothed in white glory2014-12-07T23:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/12/03/wolf-girl/2014-12-04T20:59:18+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/12/01/from-the-air/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/from-the-air-e-invite2.jpgFrom the Air e-invite2The invitation, which I had fun designing.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/15-excavation-mine.jpg15. excavation, mineexcavation, mine archaeological site I can see your boneshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/14-superman-flying.jpg14. Superman flyingSuperman flying over grey Metropolis spots a bank robberhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/13-you-cannot-chain-me.jpg13. you cannot chain meyou cannot chain me although you may bleed me dry to feed your straight lineshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/12-boxes-suckling.jpg12. boxes sucklingboxes suckling at the mother of boxes nourishing cargohttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/11-dangling-beads-of-trade.jpg11. dangling beads of tradedangling beads of trade strung, re-strung, sent far away returning in timehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10-turquoise-waters-run.jpg10. Turquoise Waters Runwater seduces land yields to her artistry resistance futilehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9-civilization.jpg9. civilizationcivilization moving hurrying strutting cutting a wide swathhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/8-the-need-for-merging.jpg8. the need for mergingthe need for merging snakes and ladders, snakes again makes the roads a dancehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/7-infinitys-shores.jpg7. infinity's shoresinfinity's shores are populated thusly: infinity's stores2014-12-02T05:41:25+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/11/24/spam-and-the-sasquatch-update/2014-11-25T01:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/drop-me-a-line/2014-11-25T00:26:54+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/09/technique-of-the-week-through-the-eye-of-a-flower/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/strange-dangly-flowers.jpgstrange dangly flowershttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wild-strawberries.jpgwild strawberrieshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/yellow-iris.jpgyellow irishttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/orange-tulips-spray.jpgorange tulips sprayhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/magenta-tulips.jpgmagenta tulipshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/orange-tulips.jpgorange tulipshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/yellow-rose.jpgYellow Rosehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/white-water-lily.jpgwhite water lilyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rose-bronze-background.jpgRose bronze backgroundhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dahlias.jpgDahlias2014-11-14T07:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/11/13/new-technique-links/2014-11-15T02:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/watercolour-basics/2015-10-21T02:27:39+00:00weekly0.6https://karengillmoreart.com/2014/11/12/quadra-cats-teaser/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/quadracats-crop2.jpgQuadracats crop2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/quadracats-crop.jpgQuadracats cropTux and Jazz meet up with their friend, the Alien Cat. I think we're going to have to have a name contest for him!2014-11-13T17:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/11/06/digital-colour-play/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mak-colour.jpgMak line drawingHere's the original line drawing. It's the first two panels of page 1. This was done with Pigma Micron pens on comic art board.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mak-crop-p1-colour2.jpgMak grisaille overpaintingThis is a Photoshop colouring on top of the ink wash version. This technique is similar to glazing over a grisaille (a term for a painting executed entirely in monochrome, typically grey) underpainting. For this one, I didn't make any layers (though if I were chicken, I could have), but "painted" directly on the jpeg of the ink wash drawing. I had never tried this before, so I tried several different things, depending on the area I was working on. I found that I didn't usually need to select an area, but could just drop colour in with the Paint Bucket, adjusting the tolerance for how sensitive I wanted the spread of the colour to be to different levels of light/dark. For fiddlier areas, i used the paintbrush and pencil tools, and there is a bit of gradient in some areas — though I didn't need that much because the ink had already established light/dark graduations. The key to doing this was to keep the opacity on all tools low — mostly around 25% but sometimes as high as 50%. I like the way this one turned out kind of muted, but still colourful; I think it's very warm looking.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mak-crop-p1-sm.jpgMak ink wash grisailleHere's the original finished version of the comic, done traditionally with ink wash on top of the line drawing shown above. This is a time-consuming process, with many layers of very diluted India ink built up gradually. I very much like the results of this technique, but it makes me very tense because once down, the ink is oh, so permanent! https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mak-colour2.jpgMak bright digital colourThe brightly coloured version that I did at the meeting. I used two layers, one for the original ink, and one to colour on. The colour layer was set to "multiply", so that the ink lines would stay visible. I mostly selected areas with the Magic Wand, and filled them either with the Paint Bucket or Gradient tool. 2014-11-07T02:30:39+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/10/31/a-wild-ride/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/paint-like-the-wind-muse-2-sm.jpgPaint Like the Wind muse 2 smPaint Like the Wind — pen & ink, digital colouring (Photoshop)2014-10-31T18:56:08+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/10/28/paper-spider-pup/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1985.jpgPaper mache spider legsHere are the legs in progress. They're made of pulled-out coathangers stuffed with newspaper. A friend who runs an apartment building gave me a nice stash of them a while back; they're getting hard to find, but she says there are always some left in the closets when people move out. There may be something metaphysical about this.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2100.jpgFlour paste and spider partsI had forgotten how nice it is to work with flour paste. I used warm water like Dan recommends, and it feels very nice and smells nice too. Here are the spider bits all covered in several layers of paper and glue, laid out and hung up to dry. And the mess. I really had a great time being messy today!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1983.jpgPaper mache ballsThe first thing to do was to wad up bunches of paper into balls for the body and head. The body is about the size of a slightly flattened cantaloupe. I got a little carried away with the tape; it didn't need to be this thorough. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_1980.jpgPaper maché pupHer's where I'm up to with the puppy. He's ready for some eyes, and a thin, smooth coat of paper pulp in which I'll make fur textures. I think he'll be a Dalmatian. 2014-10-30T07:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/28/the-muse-in-the-camera/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767-version-11.jpgIMG_5767 - Version 11https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767-version-4.jpgIMG_5767 - Version 4I started pushing around the histogram, and adjusting the colour sliders until I got something I liked. Then I pushed the darkness slider up and all these groovy textures appeared!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767-version-6.jpgIMG_5767 - Version 6At this point I decided to try Photoshop. This is the coloured pencil filter. I didn't discover that the filters (at least some of them) are affected by the active colours in the tool sidebar; more exploration is needed!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767-version-10.jpgIMG_5767 - Version 10Here's what I got when I pushed the exposure up to max. Still kind of dark, but at least there's something to work with here!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767-version-8.jpgIMG_5767 - Version 8... and here's the watercolour filter. I tried it on different sections of the photo with varying levels of effectiveness.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767-version-2.jpgIMG_5767 - Version 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767-version-9.jpgIMG_5767 - Version 9Then I zoomed in on the ferry workers, and tried to make them look painterly. This is "dry brush" which actually looks like an oil or acrylic painting to me.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767.jpgIMG_5767Here's the original version. I have no idea why it came out so dark; it was a bright sunny day!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767-version-7.jpgIMG_5767 - Version 7I got bored with doing the whole picture and decided to try some crops. Here's the top left corner, turned upside down and with "accented edges" applied.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5767-version-3.jpgIMG_5767 - Version 32014-10-28T00:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/08/06/the-mermaid-cover-part-2/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mermaid-sketch-pencil1.jpegmermaid-sketch-pencilI had intended to start painting last night, but after a day packing for my upcoming trips, I was pretty beat. But I wanted to get an idea of what colours I would use, so I did a really quick-n-dirty colour study on the pencil version in Photoshop, just using the brush tool to swipe in some loose colours. I sometimes do colour studies with traditional media too, if I'm unsure what I want to do with a picture.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mermaid-cover-f-sm.jpegMermaid cover F smHere's the finished version. I used coloured pencils extensively to brighten and deepen the colours, and make shadows and the foggy ships in the background. I'm fairly pleased with the results, but may do some Photoshop tweaking for the actual cover.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mermaid-cover-wc-sm.jpegMermaid cover wc smThis is the watercolour stage. I didn't do a whole lot of modelling with the paint, because I knew I'd be filling in shadows and such with the coloured pencils. The Strathmore Smooth Bristol that I was working on is glorious for pen, but not so nice for watercolour. For areas that I needed to be smooth, like her skin, I wet down the paper in that area first, then worked quickly to put the colour it. It's almost impossible to do a smooth wash even in a small area with this paper!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mermaid-cover-ink-sm.jpegMermaid cover ink smHere's the inked version, done over the clean pencil lines I traced from the blue pencil sketch. I used two sizes of Pigma Micron pens, #5 for the girl and cat, and #2 for the background. 2014-10-28T00:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/09/08/follow-me-where-i-go/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1558.jpgIMG_1558A panorama at Long Beach, Vancouver Island, BC2014-10-28T00:34:00+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/09/08/the-wet-coast/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camping-journal-7.jpgcamping journal 7The fog bank threatened, but held off — we were able to watch the sunset from under a charmed circle of blue sky.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camping-journal-6.jpgcamping journal 6At last, the moment we'd all been waiting for.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camping-journal-ink-5.jpgcamping journal ink 5Boredom in camp! And this was only the first day! But we were resourceful campers.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camping-journal-ink-4.jpgcamping journal ink 4A rude awakening. But I was so happy to be there anyway.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camping-journal-ink-2-3.jpgcamping journal ink 2-3The right half of the two-page spread.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camping-journal-ink-2.jpgcamping journal ink 2The left half of the two page spread.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/goose-barnacles.jpggoose barnaclesThese are pelagic goose barnacles, clinging to the stipe (the stem) of a large bull kelp. They were still alive, having just washed up, and were sending out their little feet to try to catch plankton, but in vain. This is only a small section of them; they were thick and heavy near the leafy part of the kelp (the blades) and the float. I took a lot of pictures from many angles and even some videos; I was fascinated by them, and felt very sad because I knew they were doomed and there was nothing I could do about it. It was like watching a whole city die. And I had never seen anything quite like this before, in all my years of haunting beaches.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1493.jpgIMG_1493I still didn't have a "real" camera — only my iPhone. I wasn't sure what kind of pictures I was going to get (I was very frustrated with not having a proper optical zoom) — but to my surprise, it was OK. I figured out what it would do and tried to play to its strengths.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1572.jpgIMG_1572The old hotel at Wickanninish Beach still stands on its rocks above the sand, and houses the interpretive centre, as well as a restaurant and gift shop run by the local First Nations. It was low tide, so there was a huge expanse of sand. I love walking barefoot along the edge of the incoming waves; because it is so shallow, so far out, they break a long way out, and by the time they get to where I'm wading, the cold water is warmed by the sand.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_1569.jpgIMG_1569The starfish were rare this year. They are suffering from a wasting disease, that is normally cyclical, about every decade, but this year it is going on much longer than usual, and decimating the populations of starfish, which will have repercussions all along the food chain. No one knows what causes it, though of course they are studying it like mad right now. The sea anemones, however, seemed to be doing very well — maybe because there aren't as many starfish?2014-10-28T00:32:36+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/10/17/photography-for-painting/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030031.jpgStamp River salmonI caught a salmon! On camera of course. This is as close as my zoom would get me. It was tricky waiting for the salmon to leap and catch it before it fell back in. I have no idea how these creatures manage to get up the falls, but they do, every year, to spawn and then die of exhaustion. I was awestruck at the sheer tenacity of these fish.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030035.jpgP1030035The vines cascading down the cliff opposite me drew my eye; when I looked at the photo later I realized why: all the lines converged in just the right way. The rocks and even the other vegetation seems to be pointing at those trailing tendrils!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1020989.jpgStamp River pathMy intent was to take a picture of the path without anyone on it; but as I was focusing, some people walked around me and continued on down. I was going to wait, then I thought I would include them for scale! Also my mom is always telling me I should put more people in my pictures. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030071.jpgStamp River mossThese mossy ledges seem to be the perfect spot to spy a fairy or an enchanted frog. Definitely a photo for my "magical settings" folder!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030065.jpgStamp River rock manMy friend Tania said that this looked like a sleeping giant; the upright one is his face, and the one extending forward is his hand. I'm going to try something new and Photoshop some features into this photo (fodder for a later blog)!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030051.jpgStamp River downstreamThe colour of the water downstream from the falls was a beautiful blue-green that contrasted nicely with the autumn leaves. I took a lot of pictures and had trouble picking just one!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030078.jpgStamp River mossy treesThis is a true rainforest; there is moss everywhere — so many different kinds, mixed with lichens, all over everything. I love painting moss in watercolours, and usually do layers of colours printed with a fine sponge to get the soft, fuzzy texture.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030006.jpgStamp River mossy rocksThese mossy rocks also lured me into taking a lot of pictures. I picked two that I liked, this one with the horizontal format and the next one in a vertical format. Both have strong diagonals and the bold graphic element of the trees; both would make interesting subjects for paintings just as they are with some minor adjustments of compositional details. For this one in particular, I'd probably crop the top a bit to emphasize the river, and possibly rearrange the spacing of the trees to make the rhythm more irregular.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030074.jpgStamp River little mapleSomething about the arrangement of the little tree growing from the rocks above the falls appealed to me. I took a bunch of pictures on the way down the trail, but coming back, the light had changed and brought the colours out more.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030017.jpgStamp River autumn leavesDon't forget to look up when you're hunting painting reference — and new desktop photos for your computer!2014-12-14T00:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/10/04/working-behind-the-scenes/2014-10-27T20:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/09/10/the-neighbourhood-cats/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/quadra-cats-header.jpgQuadra Cats headerhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/quadra-cats-characters-2.jpegQuadra Cats characters 2And finally, our heroes in ink. I don't have a name for the alien kitty yet.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/quadra-cats-characters-1.jpegQuadra Cats characters 1Then I needed to define my characters a bit more. Tux is based on my cat Mak (who has his own comic over there in the sidebar). Jazz is a bit like one of the neighbour cats, with whom the real-life Mak has a love-hate relationship with. However, Tux and Jazz are best of friends. This was also in pencil, again treated to a click on the Auto Contrast.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/quadra-cats-thumbnail.jpegQuadra Cats thumbnailFirst I had to write a story. It's harder for me to write a one-pager then a multiple page story, but I keep at it, trying to get better. This image looks kind of blue because I was using a very pale pencil (4H), and used "automatic contrast" in Photoshop to bump up the lines so they'd be visible (I could do more to it and get rid of the blue, but I think this suffices to show the sketch. Besides, blue is pretty.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/quadra-cats-sm.jpgQuadra catsThe Neighbourhood Cats — click here to see the original article and sketches. 2014-10-26T05:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/10/23/a-pumpkin-lady/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1375326_602879523106694_379397323_n.jpg1375326_602879523106694_379397323_nMak has a girlfriend! — watercolour, pen and ink2014-10-24T16:25:47+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/03/down-by-the-sea/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/colbk3seals.jpgcolbk3sealsI loved doing this over-under picture showing some of the offshore sea life. And I love drawing rocks.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/colbk2octopus.jpgcolbk2octopusTwo of my favourite sea critters to draw — the Giant Pacific Octopus and Plumose Sea Anemones, which look like circular, white, feather boas.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/colbk1tidepool.jpgcolbk1tidepoolAlways be careful where you step — it's somebody's home!2021-11-10T22:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/10/19/vancouver-island-voyage/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2049.jpgIMG_2049https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030213.jpgP1030213https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2063.jpgIMG_2063https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030193.jpgP1030193https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1030226.jpgP10302262014-10-20T17:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/09/30/colour-me-happy/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/marker-colour-chart.jpegmarker colour chartPrismacolor double-ended markers on Paper for Pens, a lovely smooth, very white, drawing paper that works really well with markers, enabling crisp lines and bright colours.2015-10-07T23:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/09/21/calico-cat/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/milley-the-cat.jpgMilley the catThe demonstration that this drawing was part of was to show people that you didn't have to take colour literally when using a reference, whether live or a photo (this was from a photo). I used purple where Milley was black, and pink where she was orange., and she looked quite interesting that way! I made the pink bits more orange in finishing the drawing, but the pink under layer warms up that colour and harmonizes it with the purple bits, which I thought were just fine the way they were.2014-09-22T17:33:21+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/09/18/reflecting-regrouping-rehearsing/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1071293_646731638689271_69506966_o-e1411022904982.jpgTelling Tales Comic launchWhere will comics lead you?2014-09-18T16:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/09/13/saturday-night-inspiration/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/scattered-sea-stones-crop.jpgScattered Sea Stones cropOne of the exercises I give in my classes is to try out different techniques on overlapping ovals — the result is a bunch of colourful beach pebbles!2014-09-14T17:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/09/06/a-camping-journal/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/goat-on-roof.jpgGoat on roofAt Goats on the Roof (yes, that's really the name), you can buy all kinds of exotic foods, local produce, imported toys, house stuff, and more. I got a kite to play with on the beach. And ice cream. They're famous for their ice cream stand. This was the original attraction at Coombs, which used to be a sleepy little wide spot in the road, but has now become a rather large gathering of eclectic shops, galleries, and restaurants.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camping-journal2.jpgCamping Journal2We were going to be there for 12 days, so we made ourselves at home! It rains a lot, but no worries, because our camp organizer, Mike, is a wizard with tarps, and keeps the whole campsite dry with an elaborate system of overlapping tarps and carefully planned out rope tensions.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/camping-journal.jpgCamping journalWe got a late start, as I had just flown in from Whitehorse the night before, and still had to finish packing! We didn't have time to stop a lot (I, as the only driver, didn't want to do that last descent to the coast in the dark!) but we made time for a farm market, the Goats on the Roof market at Coombes (really! there are goat on the roof!), and a quick stop in Port Alberni for gas before heading off into the Trackless Wilderness.2014-09-07T18:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/08/11/from-yukon-to-beach/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1366.jpgMedieval MooseI did a large, two minute drawing in a workshop that was mostly attended by kids and teens. I asked them to shout out an animal. I drew the head. Then I asked them for a time period, and drew the costume. A new hero emerges — Medieval Moose! He'll get made into one of my more developed sketches when I return — I like him already.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1368.jpgMy table at YukomiconHere's my table at the convention in Artists' Alley. Three books, the entire portfolio of the original Spam paintings, and a couple of portfolios full of prints!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1411.jpgIMG_1411Today we took a little time on the way to the airport to do some touristing. This is me and a fibreglass mastodon.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1331.jpgglacierI took a lot of photos from the air on the way to Whitehorse, This is a glacier — it was huge!2014-08-11T16:24:03+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/08/04/comic-cover-the-mermaid/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mermaid-ch-1-cover.jpgMermaid Ch 1 coverThe first stage was to do a rough sketch on plain copier paper — since the parameters given by the gallery included that the piece be 8.5 x 11 (not a standard comic size, but I included large margins so I could trim it to the right proportions), this paper was easy to start with. I use 24 lb stock, a bit heavier than the usual, which is good for printing both sides without showing through, as well as for cheap sketch paper. I used blue pencil, which a lot of illustrators use for rough sketches, a holdover from the days when it didn't show up in the photo-repro process. After I scanned the sketch, and pumped up the contrast a bit so I could see it, I popped the jpeg into Pages (the Mac equivalent of Word) and put in some lettering.. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mermaid-blue-pencil-sm.jpegMermaid blue pencil smOn my light-box, I traced the letterforms and then played with them a bit; I want the whole thing to be hand-drawn, including the lettering. I'm not too good at freehand lettering yet (working on it!) so it was good to have the guidelines. I used Herculaneum and Marker Felt. After tracing the letters, I turned off the lightbox and did a bit more refinement of the sketch.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mermaid-sketch-pencil.jpegMermaid sketch pencilI cut a piece of Strathmore Windpower Smooth Bristol paper to size, and put it on the lightbox on top of the blue sketch, and traced it with an H pencil, then added a few more refinements; there are still more to be done. Then back to the scanner and Photoshop, and again I hit the auto contrast so it wouldn't be too faint to see. If I were going to finish this digitally, I wouldn't need to ink it; the pencil lines are mostly clean enough to stand in for ink. But I'm going to do this the old-fashioned way, at least for the show, so tomorrow it will be inking and painting for me!2014-08-05T06:28:55+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/08/03/tabby-tallulah-in-colour/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/tabby-telula-2.jpegTabby Tallulah 2Pitt and Prismacolor markers with Derwent Coloursoft pencils2014-09-23T21:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/08/02/miss-tabby-tallulah/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0692.jpgIMG_0692I now have three comics to sell next weekend, as well as my fantasy prints and possibly original art. I may make some prints of the characters, too.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0687.jpgIMG_0687And here are the three boxes of Spam and the Sasquatch, complete with packing peanuts!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/iris-cover.jpgIris coverhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/tabby-tallulahjpeg.jpegTabby TallulahjpegMiss Tabby Tallulah — pen and ink (with still a bit of pencil sketch showing) — that will get cleaned up in the painting stage)2014-08-03T19:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/08/01/top-hat-dog/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/top-hat-dog.jpgtop hat dogMr. Phineas Wintergreen-Smythe III — Pigma Micron pen, watercolour, markers. He's used to being top dog in business. 2014-08-02T18:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/30/dragon-muse-cat/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-july-30.jpegsketch cards July 30I figured it was about time Spam made it into a sketch card; I'll be doing more of him and his friends for the upcoming convention in Whitehorse. Iris the Art Muse looks ready for adventure with her favourite piece of equipment! I used to draw dragons a lot, so much I can practically draw them in my sleep, so I warmed up with this fellow.2014-07-31T22:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/28/colour-the-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/garden-art-muse-1.jpeggarden art muse 1Iris has a new Enthusiasm. But sweat is not her thing.2014-07-30T06:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/29/the-muse-reconsiders/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/garden-art-muse-2.jpeggarden art muse 2Iris may not apply for that garden muse job after all. pen & ink, watercolour on Strathmore Windpower smooth Bristol (I really, really like this paper, having done two comics on it now)2014-07-30T06:08:47+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/04/magic-muse-wand/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/muse-in-the-garden-4.jpegmuse in the garden 4I was using my Cool Grey Prismacolor markers for the greyscale, then switched to some new "aqua markers" I got a while back. They are kind of strange and very hard to get smooth. Must do some more experimenting with them.2014-07-26T06:31:40+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/09/nagged-by-the-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/nagged-by-the-muse-1.jpegNagged by the Muse 1Iris has had her consciousness raised around the issue of colour; she launches her campaign to put things to rights.2014-07-26T06:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/13/the-muse-gets-her-wish-a-reprise/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/muse-in-the-garden-colour.jpgmuse in the garden colourIris gets her wish to be in colour; and where more appropriate place than in the garden?2014-07-26T06:29:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/21/as-the-muse-turns/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/as-the-muse-turns-1.jpegas the muse turns 1As the Muse Turns — a soap opera. As the Muse Turns — pen and ink with watercolour on Strathmore smooth bristol. I’m experimenting with this smoother paper, since I have a pad of it lying around; it’s beautiful to draw on but the watercolour handles rather strangely. Not bad if you’re just doing small areas, but the larger ones are hard to get a smooth wash on.2014-08-05T05:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/25/a-garden-muse-epiphany/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iris-in-the-garden.jpegIris in the gardenIt was a windy day out in the yard yesterday; I had to keep putting big pots on the plastic sheeting I was using to sift old dirt (from other pots) on. I was rearranging quite a lot of stuff in the garden, and envisioning some new projects, gauging the amount of work it was going to take VS how much I really wanted the results! Iris seems to have caught my mood.2014-07-26T06:28:30+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/23/more-silly-animal-characters/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-bin4.jpegsketch cards bin4I asked people for an animal and an era, and put them together for these guys. Trying to stuff a whale into 1940s attire was the hardest (especially since I'm pretty vague on 20th century fashions of decades I did not actually live through)!2014-07-24T16:56:53+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/16/melody-the-music-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/music-muse.jpegmusic museMelody the Music Muse makes her first appearance.2014-07-18T07:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/14/life-drawing-meditation/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dragonfly-fairy-1.jpegreclining modelDerwent coloured pencils on sketchbook paper2014-07-15T17:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/13/my-graphic-novel-starring-me-me-me-ow-spam/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/spamandsasquatch.jpgspamandsasquatch2014-07-14T18:02:23+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/11/a-dragonfly-fairy/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dragonfly-fairy-e1405147010501.jpegdragonfly fairyDragonfly Fairy — Micron Pigma pens and graphite pencil.2014-07-12T16:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/10/look-out-its-ma-raccoon/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ma-raccoon-character-study.jpegMa Raccoon character studyMa Raccoon, Pitt brush pens and Prismacolor markers. She's a loving but no-nonsense frontier mama!2014-07-12T02:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/08/saved-by-the-sketch-cards/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-3.jpegsketch cards 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-8.jpegsketch cards 8Here's a bit more traditional looking mermaid than I've been drawing lately. It was fun to relax and not think about how an underwater human could be functional for a change!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-7.jpegsketch cards 7The Green Man is an ancient symbol of the life force in nature (to make a long story very, very short). I've drawn lots of pictures of him, but never one this small!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-6.jpegsketch cards 6Haven't you always wondered what happens to those buttons you were meaning to sew back on? Where do they all go?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-5.jpegsketch cards 5https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-4.jpegsketch cards 42014-07-10T01:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/05/a-merfolk-feast/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/merfolk-feast.jpegmerfolk feastA quick and rather rough drawing — I'd like to flesh this out with scenery and colours, and other swimmers arriving in the background. There is actually a scene I'm planning in the story like this.2022-06-15T03:04:26+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/06/sketch-cards/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards.jpegsketch cardsThe first one I tried was a dragon. I can draw dragons in my sleep, I've done so many of them. I started all of these with some pre-toned cards I had sitting around — I cut up watercolour paintings that didn't work out, or wash demos from my classes, into various small sizes so I'll have some handy to draw on. It just so happened I had some in trading card size already, perfect! This one is Pigma Micron for the outlines, and Pitt brush markers for the colour. If you try this, know that the markers will dissolve some of the watercolour; my yellow got a bit muddier than I like here. But it's still a cute little dragon.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-2.jpegsketch cards 2Since mermaids are fresh in my mind, I immediately saw the opportunity to draw one over the patterns that were already formed from the watercolour. I suppose I'm going to be doing enough mermaids that they will also be a staple somnambulant subject!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketch-cards-1.jpegsketch cards 1I wanted to try something a little more delicate here, so I just used the pen and a bit of white Prismacolor pencil. Unicorns are the same as dragons, maybe even more so — when I was young I was unicorn crazy (an offshoot of being horse-crazy), so I can draw these even when the muse is AWOL.2014-07-09T18:35:20+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/01/canada-day-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4395.jpgIMG_4395https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4383.jpgIMG_4383https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4379.jpgIMG_4379https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4377.jpgIMG_4377https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4376.jpgIMG_4376https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4372.jpgIMG_4372https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4366.jpgIMG_4366https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4364.jpgIMG_4364https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4358.jpgIMG_4358https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_4357.jpgIMG_43572014-07-04T19:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/03/garden-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/muse-in-the-garden1.jpegmuse in the garden2014-07-05T19:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/27/digital-art-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/digital-muse-flat.jpgdigital muse flatHere's Iris; I stuck to blue-greys both to mimic the style of the other Iris drawings, but also because I thought for my first time doing a drawing entirely in Photoshop, I didn't want the distraction of colours. I did start out with a light blue sketch layer, which I discarded after I did the "inking" layer in black. The tones were also done on the black layer; it was really pretty much like doing it on paper, with the exception of the ability to select areas and swipe tones over them very quickly, without worrying about going outside the lines! And Iris was right — it WAS fun!2014-07-04T19:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/07/02/a-merman-maybe/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mermaids-2.jpegmermaids 22014-07-07T23:24:03+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/30/mermaid-character-studies/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mermaids-1.jpegmermaids 1Today's sketch: While I was drawing yesterday's mer-people, I started thinking about practicalities. For one thing, why would they have all that hair if they lived underwater? It would impede their swimming, and constantly be tangled. Surely they would cut it short, or more likely have evolved hairlessness. Perhaps a cranial ridge to cut through the water? And wouldn't they develop some kind of protective coloration? They wouldn't be skinny, they'd need a rounder body shape to keep in the heat. Oversized hands with webbing would help them move through the water. And being civilized, they'd need something to carry stuff around in. The ruff around the neck is a symbiotic-gill sea creature that allows them to breathe underwater. They can also still breathe air in the usual way, but first they have to, uh, eject all the water from their lungs. They keep a few extras of these around at all times in case they have to slap them onto drowning sailors. Oops, that might be a spoiler!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mermaids.jpegmermaidsSunday's sketch: I wanted to try out some different positions, and see how the dolphin tails would work. 2016-04-29T20:56:49+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/28/writing-with-seaweed/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mermaid-colour.jpgmermaid colour2014-06-29T21:42:56+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/26/a-feisty-mama-raccoon/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ma-coon.jpegMa CoonThis sketch is from my little doodle sketchbook; it's about 4x6 inches. The lines are Pigma Micron pens and the colours are some of my new Prismacolor markers. The background was kind of smudgy so I cleaned it up in Photoshop.2014-06-28T20:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/26/fiddling-with-green/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/22green22.jpegGreenThe little leaves around the outside have the pure marker colours. Since I had fifteen different greens, and five letters, I chose three colours to try blending for each letter. I wanted to see how transparent they were (this didn't completely answer my question, as there was no "control" group). I also wanted to try the colourless blender marker. I had more success when I kept both markers open in my hand so I could quickly switch to the blender before the other one completely dried. The paper is Paper for Pens, a very smooth, very white paper with a high clay content. Nice stuff to work on, and the pure white helped the markers' colours shine out beautifully.2014-06-26T19:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/24/informing-the-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/comic-jams.jpegcomic jamsWhat's a meta for?2014-06-25T06:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/06/23/summer-drawing-challenge/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/figure-drawing-crop.jpgfigure drawing crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0684.jpgJune Life Drawing 6When the model folded up into this position, my discipline quailed, and I went back to scribbling. I was tempted to do a pencil sketch for the proportions, because I was getting pretty tired, but I had set myself a task, and I managed to finish out the evening in ink. I switched to a .01 Pigma Micron (that's a very tiny tip) and did a lot of crosshatching. I was surprised that it didn't take as long as I thought it would, as I kept it loose and scribbly. I used the white Sharpie paint marker for the background this time, instead of the figure's highlights; I quite like the effect.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0674.jpgJune Life Drawing 1We started out with one-minute gesture poses, as usual. I started using a pen with a wedge tip that I like because of its water-soluble ink, which I can touch with a brush and make washes. However, it's getting kind of old and scratchy, and I almost switched, but then I decided I liked the scratchy look and did all the sketches kind of scribbly. I was working small in an 11x14 (inches) notebook; another thing I'm disciplining myself to do is to draw smaller and smaller figures, since this is more the size I need to do when drawing comics.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0678.jpgJune Life Drawing 3This is a ten minute pose. I decided to be really daring, and use my Pigma Micron brush pen, and abandon sketchiness. This is something I find really hard to do; to put a clean line down right off in a realistic drawing is very difficult. I like to zone in on the line, making lots of light lines until the right one appears, then I latch onto that and darken it. This works OK, but it's time to grow a bit. Having to put the right line down the first time made me really pay attention! The white highlights are the white Sharpie paint pen I mentioned earlier; it's a medium tip one. It's not as opaque as I had hoped, but it works fine for this application. The paper is a Strathmore "Toned Tan" sketchbook.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0677.jpgJune Life Drawing 2This is two five minute poses. I'm still working really fast here, though I was able to use my water brush (a brush with a hollow handle that you can fill with water or ink — very handy for travel) to add some shading in the very last seconds of the two poses.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0683.jpgJune Life Drawing 5A similar approach to the last one; I decided to add some background wash too. This one was actually only 15 minutes, because I had to go put the tea on and get the collection jar ready, as I was on facilitator duty. I also time the poses with a handy little kitchen timer — I'm the only one who knows how much time a pose has left, which I rather like!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_0681-e1403590136598.jpgJune Life Drawing 4We moved on to 20 minute poses. I really like the longer poses; it's nice to have a bit more time to fill in the details, but not so long that I can dawdle. On this one and the next one, I started out as on the last one, with my brush pen, but decided that I wanted some tonal shading. I had some Derwent water-soluble graphite pencils, so I used those and my water brush: a "light wash" pencil for the figure, and a "medium wash" for the fabric folds.2014-06-24T22:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/30/with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/poster.jpgPoster2014-05-31T17:23:46+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/29/a-ginger-tabby-logo/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/spam-logocmyk66.jpgSpam logoCMYK66%If Spammy were letters instead of a cat, he'd look like this.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/spam-and-the-boyscutoutcmyk66.jpgSpam and the boyscutoutCMYK66%This was adapted from one of the panels in the book, but I wanted some different coloration (in the panel our three heroes are stepping back out into the night) and I also didn't want a background. Painting it all over again was faster than taking it out in Photoshop and changing the colours.2014-05-31T02:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/28/dialogue-balloons-and-caption-boxes-oh-my/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-27-at-11-36-46-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-05-27 at 11.36.46 PMSpam gets the commission that sets him off on the path of Sasquatch hunting.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-27-at-11-35-52-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-05-27 at 11.35.52 PMMama eagle tends to get frustrated easily when conversing with cats. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-27-at-11-32-31-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-05-27 at 11.32.31 PMThis is the first page. I posted some progress shots of this earlier. I added some more traditional media (watercolour, gouache, acrylic ink) but eventually needed to do some glazing that I knew would only muddy the colours, so I went digital with Photoshop, That also allowed me to put in the cool (um, hot?) effects in the background fire.2014-05-28T17:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/23/an-interim-report-spam-and-the-sasquatch/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/f-clean-ss-colour-53.jpgF clean S&S colour 532014-05-30T23:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/20/celebrating/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ss-high-five.jpgS&S high five2014-05-21T07:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/18/up-a-tree-with-an-eagle/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0672.jpgIMG_06722014-06-12T23:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/17/technique-of-the-week-polishing-a-page/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/clean-ss-colour-29-crop1.jpgclean S&S colour 29 crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ss-colour-29-2-yawn.jpgS&S colour 29.2 yawnI've been cleaning up all the hand-drawn sound effects (most of the lettering will be put in with InDesign, using fonts). It's very hard to paint these accurately and brightly when they are so small, so I just put placeholder colours in with watercolour, knowing I could spruce it up in Photoshop.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ss-colour-29-3-yawn.jpgS&S colour 29.3 yawnI used the same technique as for the borders, selecting the yellow with the magic wand. However, the edges were kind of messy, so I used the "quick mask" to edit them. It has taken me a while to understand just what this tool was doing, but repeated lessons finally got through to me — it is essentially like using that gooey stuff made for masking watercolours, only a lot neater and not smelly at all! After you've made your selection (or even before if you just want to edit the mask from scratch) you hit the "Q" key, and everything turns pink that isn't selected. You can then use the pencil or brush tool to add to it and reduce the selection, or use the eraser tool and take parts of the pink away to increase the selection. Nifty! I've decided that half the battle with Photoshop is learning how to select stuff. After I had the selection done to my satisfaction, it was pretty easy to drop in colour with the paint bucket. I could also have just swiped across it with a brush or a pencil, since only the things inside the selection would be affected.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/spam-inks-p29.jpgSpam inks p29Here is the inked version, on Opus Watermedia Paper. It is slightly off-white, thus the colour. Note the difference in the position of the window and Sven's shadow in it from the pencils (top panel); in the bottom panel, Rocky's paw has been shifted outside the panel border to make him seem to be bursting out of it. (This was Ken's idea)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ss-colour-29-2.jpgS&S colour 29.2The first thing I do is "Save As", so that in case things go wrong I still have the original scan to go back to. I don't usually save all the steps that I did here, just the original scan and the final version. But if in doubt, save the interim steps; you can always trash them later! After I Saved it, I cropped it to the little dots that I made to show where my page edges were. Normally I would have full-sized crop marks, in order to align the image exactly with my layout document, but because my panel borders are free-form rather than drawn with a ruler, exact orientation can be done by eyeballing it. My dots are actually pretty accurate, though. In this step I also cleaned up all those shadows; I select the area I want to clean by using the magic wand tool (sometimes the shadows are too dark and I have to mess with the tolerance levels — usually it's set to about 50), then drop white in with the paint bucket tool. It's fun to see the instant difference cleaning up the borders makes, rather like putting a painting in a frame.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ss-colour-29.jpgS&S colour 29The raw scan of the finished page. Because I did these in double page spreads, the edge of the full-bleed opposite page shows on the left. The paper was wrinkly due to the watercolour, and shows shadows in the margins, even though I put it under weights. The wrinkles will eventually flatten out if kept under weights, but it takes a while. But never fear, Photoshop is here! https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pencil-ss-p29.jpgPencil S&S p29Here's the pencils. I did these on cartridge paper so that I could trace over them on the lightbox for the inking. When I scanned them, I got a lot of shadows, because I didn't shut the scanner lid to press them down. This was OK because all I wanted was a rough record in case anything happened to the original pencils, but normally you wouldn't want to do this.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/clean-ss-colour-29.jpgclean S&S colour 29The last thing I did was something that Ken suggested that I do for all my pages, and that was to go to the Image menu and thence to Adjustments, where the Levels panel resides. The scans were just a bit washed out looking, so I moved the slider for the darks over just a bit to make the colours a bit richer.2014-05-19T17:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/16/jet-lag-blues/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/crop-ss-colour-19.jpgcrop S&S colour 19Spam contemplates his favourite ice cream joint. There really is an Elevated Ice Cream shop in Port Townsend, this world's version of Port Deception, where the Spam stories are set, but as far as I know it doesn't really look anything like this. Next time I'm down there visiting, I need to go have an ice cream there!2014-05-18T21:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/15/so-im-an-optimist/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0812.jpgIMG_0812Joan and I walked through Chinatown on our way to Kensington Market.So many shops! So many trinkets! So many cheap clothes! So much food that I haven't the slightest idea how to cook! (Dried Sea Cucumbers!) Didn't realize I'd gotten the classic Toronto identifying landmark in the background, the CN Tower!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0834.jpgIMG_0834We finally had to choose out of the many places to eat at the urging of our hungry tummies and tired feet. We picked the Big Fat Burrito, for the breezy looking eating porch and the lovely smells wafting out of it. My "small" veggie burrito was tasty, just the right size, and cheap; the open porch was a nice place to sit and watch the street life go by.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0833.jpgIMG_0833Why have a boring old Victorian tower on your house when you can have a mysterious midnight forest?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0830.jpgIMG_0830There are lots and lots of clothing stores; some imports, some used/vintage, some handmade arty stuff. I'd have loved to have had time (and suitcase space) to actually go shopping! The lanterns at this shop reminded me of the Goats on the Roof place at Coombs here on the island.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0827.jpgIMG_0827Colourful! I said colourful, didn't I? This place is called The Da Vintage Code. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0837.jpgIMG_0837A close-up of the Big Fat Burrito walls — they were done like this all the way around in an intricate, underground comic style — how appropriate is that for my last meal in town?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0820.jpgIMG_0820Not long after we entered the Kensington Market area, we came upon this strange addition to a porch. It seems like everyone in the neighbourhood is vying to come up with unconventional, arty things to do to their houses. Murals, colourful paint jobs, and sculptural oddities abound.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0819.jpgIMG_0819We couldn't resist — had to handle them ourselves! They are prickly on the outside, and they smell terrible! However, they are reputed to taste good; I think it's an acquired taste. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0817.jpgIMG_0817Joan looks on as a strapping young fellow hefts a jackfruit for his lady.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0836.jpgIMG_0836Across the street from our eatery, an art-nouveau inspired mural.2014-05-16T18:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/14/a-day-off/2014-05-14T19:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/13/featured-tcaf-creator-joan-steacy/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_01251.jpgIMG_0125Joan doing commissions at TCAF to support the charity Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund.2014-05-13T23:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/12/featured-tcaf-creator-sam-logan-and-a-trip-to-the-rom/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0722.jpgIMG_0722Here's John the Baptist in terracotta by an unknown Italian sculptor, Isn't he gorgeous?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0732.jpgIMG_0732There were whole rooms full of furniture and wall paneling and doors that will someday appear in one of my comics.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0744.jpgIMG_0744I had no idea I was taking a selfie here. But it looks like I felt — by this time I really wanted to crawl into this lovely bed and pull the drapes!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0621.jpgIMG_0621There was one whole gallery full of gothic Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus statues in wood and alabaster.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0117.jpgIMG_0117Sam's table at TCAF. The light was a bit difficult for a phone camera to deal with, so Sam's a bit, ah, fuzzy.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0212.jpgIMG_0212There were dinosaurs, or at least their innermost innards...https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0331.jpgIMG_0331... prehistoric mammals...https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0486.jpgIMG_0486There were cases and cases of tankards and teapots, plates and paperweights, vessels and vases (help, I'm running out of alliteration!). These will appear being hefted by some burly knight in a tavern when I finally get around to drawing a medieval comic!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0301.jpgIMG_0301...prehistoric fishie-like things and a gigantic sea turtle...https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0459.jpgIMG_0459There was a section of beautiful turn-of-the-last-century statuary...2014-05-13T02:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/07/off-to-tcaf/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-2.jpgphoto 2Here's me and my little pal Spam in the studio!2014-05-10T01:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/06/the-disappearing-fish/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ss-colour-45-crop.jpgS&S colour 45 crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ss-colour-45.jpgS&S colour 45Spam and Renfrew are too late — the marvellous fish is no more. But Darcy is always prepared — and used to Spam bringing home the occasional guest. His little brother would like more than his share, but after the day Spam has had, he is not in the mood to be indulgent. And Darcy knows that guest raccoons begin to stink like… uh, fish, after a certain period, so no pyjama party for Spam and Renfrew!2014-05-07T22:56:49+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/05/cheeze-it-sasquatch/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/darcy-cops.jpegDarcy & copsDarcy describes what she saw to a puzzled police crew.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sasquatch-flees.jpegSasquatch fleesThe Sasquatch is discovered! She flees, Officer Bubba (retired police dog) in hot pursuit, with his former police partner Mr. Barker, kindly holding the light.2014-05-06T05:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/04/sasquatch-zen/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sasquatch-and-dogs.jpegSasquatch and dogsThe Sasquatch discovers that she is not a dog person.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sasquatch-and-dogs-1.jpegSasquatch and dogs 1Meanwhile, Spam convinces Renfrew of the benefits of non-attachment to worldly goods.2014-05-06T01:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/03/fish-negotiations/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rocky-and-renfrew-1.jpegRocky and Renfrew 1… Renfrew sees Rocky's point and acquiesces. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rocky-and-renfrew.jpegRocky and RenfrewRocky has the fish. Renfrew wants the fish. He attempts to reason with Rocky, Rocky finds Renfrew's arguments somewhat biased. Rocky makes a counterproposal...2014-05-04T21:38:47+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/02/meeting-the-sasquatch/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/meet-the-sasquatch-2.jpegMeet the Sasquatch 2… and Rocky the vampire cat is on the scene!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/meet-the-sasquatch-1.jpegMeet the Sasquatch 1Spam spies the Sasquatch!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/meet-the-sasquatch.jpegMeet the SasquatchThe Sasquatch spies Spam...2014-05-03T06:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/05/01/rocky-the-vampire-cat/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rocky-and-spam1.jpegRocky and Spamhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rocky-and-spam.jpegRocky and SpamThis is page 26. So many more to gooooooo! The colours are limited; Daniel Smith indigo and cerulean and a touch of Winsor yellow.2014-05-03T16:27:54+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/30/a-handsome-villain/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-at-elevated.jpegSpam at ElevatedSpam has had a hard day, so decided to drop into his favourite ice cream shoppe to see if he can charm anyone with his big green eyes. A little whipped cream goes a long way to soothe a kitty's woes.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sven.jpegSvenMeet Sven. Looks like a likeable guy, eh? He's masquerading as a forest ranger, for starters...https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sven-1.jpegSven 1Sven is a master storyteller; he's got everyone roped in and is about to deliver the punch line. The large space at the top takes advantage of his bountiful mane to leave room for lots of words. This is a comic panel after all!2014-05-01T07:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/29/a-deer-encounter/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-dem-deer.jpegSpam & Dem DeerPut on the brakes! Deer can appear when you least expect them. Nelda and Buck are old friends, having helped Spam on his previous adventures.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-dem-deer-1.jpegSpam & Dem Deer 1Buck complains to Spam about the new neighbours.2014-04-30T05:52:40+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/28/enter-renfrew-the-raccoon/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/renfrew-1.jpegRenfrew 1Spam the cat detective encounters Renfrew while hot on the trail of his latest case!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/renfrew-2.jpegRenfrew 2Renfrew knows how to be charming, the little con artist!2014-04-30T16:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/27/an-expressive-cat/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-motorcycle-3.jpegSpam expression 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-motorcycle-2.jpegSpam expression 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-motorcycle-1.jpegSpam expression 12014-04-30T16:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/26/technique-of-the-week-comic-page-in-watercolour/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0625.jpgIMG_0625Oh my, what a mess I made! Time to clean up and get on to the next page!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0624.jpgIMG_0624Some final adjustments in the shadows. If I do anything more, I'll do it in Photoshop — I may put Spam's surprised face into shadow using Photoshop; it's really difficult to get the colours right with a glaze when the base colour is yellow. Get's muddy-green really easily.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0623.jpgIMG_0623Spam gets stripes (more Quinacridone Burnt Orange), and other little details are filled in, adjusting the values and such. I put some texture into the sand with a sponge and added some highlights with a white opaque Pitt marker.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0619.jpgIMG_0619At last! Spam's undercoat is New Gamboge, mixed with Quinacridone Burnt Orange.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0617.jpgIMG_0617Starting to add some small details now. The seaweed is a colour called "rich green gold" and it has a yellow undertone when used thinly, but the mass tone (thick paint) is like a sap green. The blue in the waves is cerulean.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0615.jpgIMG_0615A close-up of the indigo — I sprinkled a dash of salt into the wet paint as I did each small area (you've got to be FAST!), to give the rocks some texture.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0614.jpgIMG_0614I added some indigo — the Daniel Smith indigo is deep and rich and I use it a lot. It makes great shadows. If I could only ever have one colour to take with me to a desert island (why do these choices always involve desert islands?), it would be this one.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0612.jpgIMG_0612Here I tried using some Lunar Black, which is a wonderful granulating neutral black (grey when diluted); however, I thought it was TOO neutral, but it was a good start to get the values laid in, anyway.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0611.jpgIMG_0611French Ultramarine and Quinacridone Burnt Orange make a beautiful grey that approximates the colours of our local beaches. I put them next to each other on the palette (which is an enamelled "Chinese butcher tray", and mix them in between, making them more blue or orange as the need arises.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0608.jpgIMG_0608I'm starting with the backgrounds. That's usually a safe warm-up for me.2014-04-27T17:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/25/inspiration-recharging-break/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_2994.jpgIMG_2994Some of a previous year's produce; now isn't that artistic?2014-04-26T06:40:04+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/24/the-zen-of-inking-motorcycles/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-motorcycle.jpegSpam motorcycle2014-04-26T06:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/23/stalled-by-the-motorcycle/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dinosaur-bikersm.jpgdinosaur bikersm2014-04-24T18:19:27+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/22/the-little-artist-that-could/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-ink-panels-2.jpegspam ink panels 2Ah, a fine, spring morning! What could be better, especially when you have your very own cat door?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-ink-panels-1.jpegspam ink panels 1Spam checks up on his little sister, who lives with an ex-zombie family. Fortunately, no zombie dolls have been invited to the tea party.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-ink-panels.jpegspam ink panelsSpam is on top of the world. All is right in Port Deception — or is it?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-on-desk.jpgspam on deskSpam relaxes on Darcy's desk while Rocky contemplates going out for the evening, creature of darkness that he is.2014-04-23T07:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/21/the-muses-calories/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/chocolate-muse-1.jpegchocolate muse 1Is it possible to channel your muse's calories?2014-04-22T07:06:15+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/20/chocolate-and-the-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/chocolate-muse.jpegchocolate museBe careful how you label things in the studio.2014-04-21T05:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/19/technique-of-the-week-texturing-acrylic-paintings/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1339.jpgIMG_1339"River" — acrylic on canvas, 16x16 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3320.jpgIMG_3320"Ice Breaker" — Acrylic on board, 12x12 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1336.jpgIMG_1336"Out of Chaos" — acrylic on canvas, 16x16 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1328.jpgIMG_1328"The Dream of Icarus" — acrylic on canvas, 16x20 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1324.jpgIMG_1324"It's Alive!" — acrylic on canvas, 16x20 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0665.jpgIMG_0665"Cup of the Sea" — acrylic on canvas, 16x16 inches2014-04-21T18:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/18/a-theory-of-muses/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_04291.jpgIMG_04292014-04-20T19:48:28+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/17/a-comparison-of-markers-for-artists/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0605.jpgIMG_06052014-07-15T07:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/16/a-mighty-conflagration/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/smss-ink-p1-7.jpgsmS&S ink p1 7This is as far as I've gotten tonight. Lots of tweaking of values and hue is going to have to happen to this before I pronounce it worthy. I may just do it over again, but not until I give it as much as I can. I'm tenacious that way. Thank goodness for gouache.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/smss-ink-p1-6.jpgsmS&S ink p1 6My mentor's demonstration of a very quick computer colouring looked good, so I tried to emulate the colour scheme. This is a lot brighter colours than I would have used, and probably it just doesn't translate onto paper from the screen. Much adjusting is in order. I felt that the Van Gogh effect was a little too much after I started painting the animals, so I got out the gouache and started flattening out the shadows. I also felt that the markers weren't bright enough, so I started warming up the dark bits with gouache and transparent watercolour.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/smss-ink-p1-5.jpgsmS&S ink p1 5OK…. not so bad. In fact the background is kind of neat, but eventually I knew I was going to have to do the critters.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/smss-ink-p1-4.jpgsmS&S ink p1 4I was starting to dig the Van Gogh effect I was getting. But I stopped paying attention to the overall effect because I was having toooo much fun!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/smss-ink-p1-3.jpgsmS&S ink p1 3Adding in some oranges. Still looking pretty good.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/smss-ink-p1-2.jpgsmS&S ink p1 2The scanner made the yellow here look greener than it actually is.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/smss-ink-p1-1.jpgsmS&S ink p1 1So far so good — This was fun! In fact, it was so much fun, I ran down to the art store and bought a handful of markers in fire colours to continue this effect. I was just going to use watercolour, *sigh*https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/smss-ink-p1.jpgsmS&S ink p1My first mistake was that I forgot to scan it when I had the basic drawing down! I inked the stuff I wanted to have a black line around, and penciled the rest. But I got so excited about my purple brush pen that I started before I remembered to scan.2014-04-18T06:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/15/sneak-peek-3/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-teaser-6.jpegspam teaser 6A lesson in Sasquatch language.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-teaser-5.jpegspam teaser 5When you really want something, reach for the sky!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-teaser-4.jpegspam teaser 4A poignant moment for our young Sasquatch.2014-04-16T05:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/14/sneak-peek-2-in-which-spam-meets-the-sasquatch/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-teaser-3.jpegspam teaser 3Sasquatch are renowned for their distinctive, ah, scent, so Spam has an early warning (besides the heavy footsteps, that is).2014-04-15T05:29:52+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/13/spam-and-the-sasquatch-sneak-preview/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-teaser-2.jpegspam teaser 2Spam and Renfrew meet the deer, Nelda and Buck. If you want to find out what's going on in the town, ask a deer, because they are knowledgable gossips.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-teaser-1.jpegspam teaser 1Renfrew the Raccoon attempts to mug a hiker for her cell phone or anything else shiny. Her partner doesn't think this is a good idea, and Spam is just embarrassed.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spam-teaser.jpegspam teaserSpam the Cat Detective's favourite place to beg a bit of ice cream.2014-04-14T06:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/12/technique-of-the-week-demystifying-watercolour-paints/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/winter-watercolours-4.jpegwinter watercolours 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/winter-watercolours-3.jpegwinter watercolours 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/winter-watercolours-2.jpegwinter watercolours 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/winter-watercolours-1.jpegwinter watercolours 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/winter-watercolours.jpegwinter watercolours2014-04-13T04:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/05/technique-of-the-week-or-finishing-spam-the-cat-part-4/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0589.jpgIMG_0589Time to start painting again! These are the colours I mixed together, in different amounts. There will be multiple blending coats after this.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0583.jpgIMG_0583Here's Spam with his detailed fur.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0582.jpgIMG_0582Applying the moulding paste with a coffee stir stick. Very technical, that.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0581.jpgIMG_0581Time for the fine details of the fur. I wasn't sure which one of these two gels I'd use — as it turned out, the moulding paste was perfect. It dries opaque, instead of clear, as the gel would have, and holds the shapes that I scribed into it very nicely.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0571.jpgIMG_0571The light in this case is daylight — the next pictures are taken under incandescent light, so he looks a bit like he's reverted.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0569.jpgIMG_0569Spam posing as an alabaster statue. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0556.jpgIMG_0556Ivory coloured craft paint is the base coat for the fur. It's good to have white under the other colours because, just as in painting, it helps the colours glow more.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0553.jpgIMG_0553How could anyone resist such a handsome face! Notice that I didn't make fur marks on his face yet — I couldn't get fine enough detail with the polymer clay. Soon, soon.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0546.jpgIMG_0546Spam has such a cute round bum.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0543.jpgIMG_0543Spammy has fur!2018-05-27T19:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/11/reviving-cleopatra/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cleopatra72-9.jpgCleopatra72-9Cleopatra 7.2 — watercolour and coloured pencil Down by the Nile! The conundrum here was to show the deities in their disguises as modern environmental activists while showing their true natures — I finally opted for the traditional Egyptian solution of plopping their beast heads on top of human bodies. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/channelingcleopatra9-4cov.jpgChannelingCleopatra9-4covChanneling Cleopatra — coloured pencil The desert scene seemed to demand the soft, grainy texture of coloured pencil. I usually use it on top of watercolour, but made an exception for this one. It was quite a challenge deciding how to depict the main character and Cleopatra as overlapping images without getting all woo-woo about it; I wanted something that would fit more with the science fiction nature of the premise.2014-04-12T05:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/10/new-colouring-thursday/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/colouring-page-1.jpegColouring page 1Celtic Cats Colouring Card number 1 — have fun,, and let me know how it turns out!2014-04-13T07:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/09/postcards-from-ix/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-13.jpgIx 13Zxapsulllati, descending a staircase of light. The ways through the city are delineated by psychic markers, to keep travel orderly. Because the Zxapsulllati are able to travel in several dimensions at once, the markers were set to avoid chaos that could cause collisions between individuals, and thus fusions with unintended mates. No one wants to progress to the next fission-incarnation before one's projects in the present are done!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-15.jpgIx 15A festival honouring the return of a party of Zxapsulllati who had gone in search of a lost race of light-entities eons before. Here we see their triumphant processional (top of picture), having met, merged, and formed a new culture with the objects of their search.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-14.jpgIx 14A candid shot of Zxapsulllati passers-by, in the blue-light section of town. Filled with pleasure-domes catering to all the races of the multiverse, with delights designed to relax beings from less enlightened cultures and thus lead them to enlightenment, the Zxapsulllati often waft through as part of their own quest to grok the ways of other entities.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-5.jpgIx 5To the Zxapsulllati themselves, their city appears rather like this.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-7.jpgIx 7A park in Ix. The upright objects are a species of light-beast called Llaphswix. When stroked, they make a weaving of light-tones perceived by the Zxapsulllati as soothing.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-4.jpgIx 4Seen from afar when an arm of the nearby nebula passed before it, Saphachza looks like the treasure of the galaxy — as indeed it is.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-6.jpgIx 6The Zxapsulllati in procession during a holiday to honour their future incarnations. Zxapsulllati reproduce by fusion of one or more individuals, followed by fission, the new individuals being assigned qualities of their progenitors by consensus while in the fusion state.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-9.jpgIx 9The same area of the city as seen in the previous shot, as perceived by carbon based entities with AMB351-type vision.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-11.jpgIx 11The Zxapsulllati are a graceful race, and enjoy movement for its own sake. A synchronized dance of several fission-families of related individuals expresses their emotions of cooperation and continuity.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ix-8.jpgIx 8A Zxapsulllati light-painting of the humbler sections of the city. These are not inhabited by the poor, but by those who have achieved such an elevated state of wisdom that they prefer to live in simple huts with no more than three or four Umphra beasts to maintain the structure.2014-04-10T06:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/08/let-the-inking-begin/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0601.jpgIMG_0601Six of the eight pages, with one of the pencil pages visible in the portfolio. I'm doing these two to a sheet, because it is easier to compose my two-page spreads that way. I try to make the facing pages harmonious with each other.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0602.jpgIMG_0602The pencil drawings on the left are drawn on cartridge paper (the kind of stuff you buy in big tablets for drawing charts on at board meetings on an easel). The ink is on Opus Watermedia paper, drawn with a selection of Pigma Micron pens.2014-04-10T02:55:58+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/07/spam-the-cat-gets-his-stripes/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0595.jpgIMG_0595I added some "mascara" around his eyes to bring out the green glow.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0596.jpgIMG_0596"Hey, how do I look?"https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0593.jpgIMG_0593Spam can't decide which is his "good side". I guess that means I gave him a good paint job!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0599.jpgIMG_0599Spam, ready for action!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0598.jpgIMG_0598A view of Spam's knickers. I love how furry kitties look as if they are wearing bloomers!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0590.jpgIMG_0590close-up of the fur treatment, pre-stripes: after the last post, where Spam got the orange base coat for the stripy parts, I lightly brushed a lighter colour over the orange to bring out the texture of his fur. I stroked the brush across the high points of the fur, rather then with the direction of it, so that I didn't fill in the valleys.2014-04-10T19:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/04/aunt-root-a-character-maquette/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/aunt-root-3.jpgaunt root 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0559.jpgIMG_0559https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0564.jpgIMG_0564https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0563.jpgIMG_0563https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0566.jpgIMG_0566https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0558.jpgIMG_0558https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0488.jpgIMG_0488https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/aunt-root-2.jpgaunt root 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0504.jpgIMG_0504https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/aunt-root-1.jpgaunt root 12014-04-05T07:06:06+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/02/dancing-starfish/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/acrylic-dancing-starfish.jpgacrylic dancing starfishDancing Starfish — acrylic, 8x10 inches Starfish always look like they are posing for dance moves to me, for some reason.2015-04-27T18:30:38+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/04/01/life-and-life-drawing/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/life-drawing-mar-31-14sm.jpgLife drawing Mar 31 14sm10 minute pose — Graphite pencil, Burnt Umber Coloursoft, White Prismacolour coloured pencilshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/life-drawing2-mar-31-14.jpgLife Drawing2 Mar 31 1420 minute pose — Burnt Umber Coloursoft, White Prismacolour coloured pencils Sanguine oil Creatacolor stickhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tam-lin-8-sm-1.jpegTam Lin 8 sm 120 minute pose — Indigo blue Derwent Coloursoft, white Prismacolor coloured pencilshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/life-drawing4-mar-31-14.jpgLife Drawing4 Mar 31 1420 minute pose — Watersoluble graphite pencil and white marker2015-04-03T06:42:45+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/27/iris-the-art-muse-has-her-own-page/2014-03-28T05:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/26/tam-lin-an-ancient-scottish-ballad/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tam-lin-8-sm.jpegTam Lin 8 smTam Lin, Page 8https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tam-lin-4-sm.jpegTam Lin 4 smTam Lin, Page 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tam-lin-7-sm.jpegTam Lin 7 smTam Lin, Page 7https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tam-lin-3-sm.jpegTam Lin 3 smTam Lin, Page 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tam-lin-6-sm.jpegTam Lin 6 smTam Lin, Page 6https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tam-lin-2-sm.jpegTam Lin 2 smTam Lin, Page 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tam-lin-5-sm.jpegTam Lin 5 smTam Lin, Page 5https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tam-lin-1-sm.jpegTam Lin 1 smTam Lin, Page 12014-03-27T23:01:28+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/25/telling-tales/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/telling-tales-poster.jpgTelling Tales posterTelling Tales — ink, watercolour, and coloured pencil2014-03-27T16:15:18+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/16/who-is-iris/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iris-mugshot2.jpgIris mugshot2Have you seen this muse?2014-03-25T05:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/24/sheriff-bill-in-colour/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sherriff-bill-platypus.jpgsherriff Bill PlatypusSheriff Bill Platypus — pen and ink, watercolour pencil, coloured pencil. Sheriff Bill is on the side of justice, and sometimes of law and order.2014-03-26T17:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/23/muse-muscles/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/muse-muscles-sm.jpgMuse Muscles smIris discovers her own strength.2014-03-24T20:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/22/technique-of-the-week-plein-air-tips/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/summerland-beach.jpgSummerland BeachLast summer at Summerland Beach, BC (on Okanagan Lake) — I had the pleasure of spending the day with some artist friends, all of us painting. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hot-springs.jpghot springsRocks and Crows at Hot Springs Cove, BC — I was travelling VERY light here — only a graphite pencil , a sharpener, and my sketchbook. I knew we were going to have to hike for a few kilometres so I kept it minimal.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/similkameensm.jpgsimilkameensmSimilkameen River near Princeton BC — I was painting while having a picnic at our campground!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/plein-air-toolkit-e1414004714124.jpgplein air toolkitOne version of my toolkit for outdoor sketchinghttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_9641.jpgIMG_9641Long Beach Light — a studio painting in acrylic based on the sketch above.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/washed-ashore.jpgWashed ashore"Washed Ashore" — don't forget that you can focus on little things outdoors too! This is a piece of coralline algae washed up on a granite rock. I didn't actually paint this one onsite, but from a photo I took at the beach. It's black and white inks with coloured pencils on grey-toned paper.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/beach-journal-2022.jpgbeach journal 2022Sometimes people don't hold still long enough to finish!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/saxe-point-view.jpgSaxe Point ViewSaxe Point View — my friends and I walked around quite a while before we found this vista. I love painting rocks, so this kept me happy for a while.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/beach-journal-1021.jpgbeach journal 1021At Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park, it's almost never warm. I drew this while leaning up against a log with my companions napping in the thin sunlight filtering through the fog beside me. My own garb? About what I would wear for a mild winter day!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/beacon-hill-dancers-sm.jpgBeacon Hill Dancers sm2014-03-24T00:25:33+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/21/happy-late-vernal-equinox/2014-03-23T17:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/20/coloured-gesso-city/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3341.jpgIMG_3341https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3339.jpgIMG_3339https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3337.jpgIMG_3337https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3334.jpgIMG_3334https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3330.jpgIMG_3330https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3328.jpgIMG_3328https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3326.jpgIMG_3326https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3324.jpgIMG_33242014-03-22T18:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/19/reverse-illustration/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/they-came-singing-sm.jpgThey Came Singing sm"They Came Singing" — pen and ink, watercolour, coloured pencil2014-04-30T15:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/18/shapechanger-goes-camping/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shapechanger-script.jpegShapechanger scriptThe script. For the longer things I'm working on, I like to have all the dialogue written and the action blocked out before I even do the thumbnails. Not everyone works this way; some people think better visually. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shapechanger-thumbnails.jpegShapechanger thumbnailsThe Thumbnails. These are each about 2x3 inches. My teacher proposed the one on the upper left, and that's what I ended up doing. He always comes up with better layouts!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shapechanger-ink-assembledsm.jpgShapechanger ink assembledsmThe ink stage. I inked this with Pigma Micron pens, my favourite marker-pens. They come in a bunch of different sizes, have durable tips, last a really long time, and are waterproof and fade proof. After I ink it, I erase the residual pencil lines, of which there are lots, because I'm a very sketchy drawer!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shapechangercamping-sketchsm.jpgShapechangercamping sketchsmThe full-size pencils. I draw by sort of scribbling around until I find the right place for my line. Makes for a pretty smudgy result; it's why I like to ink it afterwards.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shapechanger-camping1sm.jpgShapechanger camping1smThe first panel, an out-take. I was pretty proud of myself for getting this far, but I showed it to my teacher, and he said, nonononono, sunsets don't look like that. Make it all orange and red and yellow and purple. So I did.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shapechanger-goes-camping2sm.jpgShapechanger goes camping2Shapechanger Goes Camping2014-03-19T17:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/17/shapechanger-an-origin-story/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shapechanger-colour-sm.jpgShapechanger colour smShapechanger — ink, watercolour, and a wee bit of photoshop.2014-03-18T23:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/15/technique-of-the-week-watercolour-monotypes/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/monoprint-tutorial-6-1.jpegMonoprint tutorial 6 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/monoprint-tutorial-4.jpgMonoprint tutorial 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/monoprint-tutorial-6.jpegMonoprint tutorial 6https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/monoprint-tutorial-3.jpgMonoprint tutorial 3This shows how the tape is attached. The one on the left has the plate on top of the paper because it is smaller; the one on the right has the plate on the bottom because it is larger (and heavier, with the cardboard photo album page) then the paper. When they are open you just turn them so that you can work on the plate, so it doesn't really matter which one is on top.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/monoprint-tutorial-2.jpgMonoprint tutorial 2Here are the same two prints in progress, opened up. The Yupo plate is at the top left, and the mylar plate at bottom right.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/monoprint-tutorial-5.jpegMonoprint tutorial 5https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/monoprint-tutorial-1.jpgMonoprint tutorial 1Some other materials that can be used for the plate: glass (with tape around the edges to keep from cutting myself), plexiglass, stencil plastic.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/monoprint-tutorial-6-2.jpegMonoprint tutorial 6 2A very small monotype, about 3x4 inches. Most of the images in this post are about 5x7 inches.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/when-the-tide-goes-out-sm.jpgWhen the Tide Goes Out smhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mountain-colourssm.jpgMountain Colourssm2018-05-23T16:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/14/painting-or-print-both/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shore-pinesm.jpgShore PinesmShore Pine — watercolour monoprint, 5x7 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sun-breaksm.jpgSun BreaksmSun Break — watercolour monoprint, 5x7 inches2014-03-15T17:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/13/the-end-of-the-challenge/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/svens-airstream-crop.jpgSven's Airstream crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/svens-airstream.jpegSven's Airstream2014-03-15T04:52:35+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/12/quick-draw-sheriff-bill-platypus/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sherrif-bill-platypus-sm.jpgSherrif Bill Platypus sm2014-03-13T17:29:42+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/11/intrepid-explorers/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/intrepid-explorers-sm1.jpgintrepid explorers smMiss Ophelia Bluefeather and Mister Cecil Ravensfield — ink, watercolour, white marker, white pencil, digital background; a famous pair of scientist-adventurers, known for their daring exploits on the frontiers of archaeology and natural history. They are also working on a time-travel device.2014-03-13T17:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/10/procrastination-and-the-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/the-boss-muse-crop.jpgThe boss muse crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/the-boss-muse.jpegThe boss museSometimes the muse has to take charge.2014-03-11T17:35:25+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/09/still-life-with-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/still-life-with-muse-crop.jpgstill life with muse crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/still-life-with-muse-sm.jpgstill life with muse smStill life, with muse.2014-03-10T06:38:30+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/08/there-will-be-a-short-delay/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/canna-lilies.jpgCanna Lilies2014-03-09T19:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/08/dancing-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dancing-muse.jpegdancing museIris: "Hey, what about that drawing a day, huh?" Me:"You're not getting off so lightly, Muse — I borrowed a pencil off of our fiddler!"2014-03-11T17:21:39+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/07/white-wolf-woes/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/white-wolf-photo-crop.jpgwhite wolf photo crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/golden-retriever-2.jpegwhite wolf photohttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/white-wolf.jpgWhite wolfWhite Wolf — watercolour and ink2015-07-31T18:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/06/a-golden-retriever-opportunity/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_6217.jpgGolden Retriever photoIsn't he just irresistible?https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/golden-retriever.jpeggolden retriever"Golden Retriever" — coloured pencil. I got the detail of the brush in the background by indenting the paper through a piece of tracing paper with a pencil. The tracing paper protected the working paper from the pencil, and I was able to lightly colour over the indented lines with my coloured pencils, building up layers of mixed colours. I eventually decided the white lines this left were too stark, and went in with very sharp pencils in different colours to tone them down.2014-03-08T05:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/05/miss-penelope-chi-wawa/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/madame-chi-wawacrop.jpgMadame Chi-Wawacrophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/madame-chi-wawa.jpgMadame Chi-WawaMiss Penelope Chi-Wawa — ink and brush, watercolour. A lady of impeccable breeding and good taste. She may look demure and delicate, but she has nerves of steel when in a pinch.2014-03-07T17:04:31+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/04/dinosaur-digitally-drawn/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/screen-shot-2014-03-04-at-10-37-25-pm.pngToy TriceratopsToy Triceratops — digital drawing2014-03-06T17:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/03/the-evolution-of-spam-the-cat/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/spamcat-study.jpgSpamcat studyPigma micron pens and watercolour pencil2014-03-05T00:29:37+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/02/the-muse-never-sleeps/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iris-at-bedtime-sm.jpgIris at bedtime smThe Muse never sleeps. And sometimes, neither do I.2014-03-12T17:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/02/celtic-art/2014-03-03T02:34:24+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/03/01/technique-of-the-week-coloured-pencil-flower/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sm-flower-demo-9.jpgsm flower demo 9Much burnishing and colour adjusting later, I have a picture I'm happy with!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sm-flower-demo-8.jpgsm flower demo 8Adjusted the values a bit more, added some purple to give more depth to the darks and the background, and a bit more burnishing. There are many colours layered over each other for richness. Just colouring in a single colour of pencil, no matter how many colours you have in your set, cannot give you the richness and depth that layering different colours can give you. Knowing which ones will go best together is partly a matter of knowing the colour wheel, but also partly experimentation. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sm-flower-demo-7.jpgsm flower demo 7More burnishing and pumping up the darks a bit. I rarely use black in a mix, but here is was just right to add some depth to the area around the central disc, and to bring out the definition of the buds. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sm-flower-demo-6.jpgsm flower demo 6Here I've begun burnishing. This is the process of using a light coloured pencil (or a special colourless pencil) to blend the colours and push them down into the paper a bit. Here I used a white pencil to burnish some of the pink; compare it with the last photo.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sm-flower-demo-5.jpgsm flower demo 5It's beginning to take on dimensionality with the addition of some pink. The colours are still showing a lot of texture; at this stage, that is a good thing, because it means I haven't filled up all the little valleys in the paper with colour, at which point I would no longer be able to apply any more. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sm-flower-demo-4.jpgsm flower demo 4Continuing to fill in. I've added little circles in the centre to define the tiny buds; since I had already filled it in with orange, I don't have to worry about spotting in the lighter colour.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sm-flower-demo-3.jpgsm flower demo 3Starting to define the form of the little side florets, and I've covered the central disc with orange, in preparation for the next step. Notice that my strokes are circular or scribbly anyplace I just want to cover, but on the petals they are directional to emphasize the texture of the petals (although these petals also have colour lines that are directional, this applies to any type of flower).https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sm-flower-demo-2.jpgsm flower demo 2I added some reds to start defining the centre disc, and start filling in the darker areas of the petals. I've also added some more colour in the background. The strokes I'm using throughout this are very light so as not to crush the tooth of the paper too early.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sm-flower-demo-1.jpgsm flower demo 1Next I started filling in some of the areas that had the most intense yellow, and started filling in the darker areas of the background so that I could see the flower better. If something has a lot of yellow in, I generally do that first, using it as an undertone to tie everything together. If you wait until the end to put on the lighter colours, they can get contaminated easily by the dark. On the background, I started with the darkest, because I knew I was going to use mostly dark, harmonious colours that would blend well. This way I could just keep layering them back and forth, dark and light.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/flower-demo-photo-bw.jpgflower demo photo BWSometimes it's helpful to see a picture in black-&-white, even if you are going to do it in colour, to get a sense of the range of values (dark and light). You can also get this by squinting at your subject to filter out extraneous detail.2016-01-13T17:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/28/a-feline-swashbuckler/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/little-lynx-guy-col-sm-crop.jpgLittle Lynx guy col sm crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/little-lynx-guy.jpegLittle Lynx guyFeline Swashbuckler sketch — pencilhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/little-lynx-guy-coloured-sm.jpgLittle Lynx guy coloured smLynx Lightfoot — Pigma Micron pen, watercolour, Pitt White pen. This fellow is always ready to come to the rescue when daring deeds need to be done!2014-03-02T19:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/27/an-irate-mama-eagle/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/irate-eagle-sm.jpgirate eagle smMama Eagle from Spam and the Sasquatch tells you to get the best paper for the job!2014-03-07T07:43:47+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/26/drawing-a-day-15-birthday-card/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/comic-in-progress.jpgcomic in progressFull-size pencil sketches for the graphic novel. These will be transferred to watercolour paper to be inked and painted. The little bunny is one of my collection of animal models that I keep handy for creature reference.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rons-b-day-card.jpegRon's b-day card2016-02-20T20:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/25/sid-me-and-the-bard/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/310730_515866928474621_723864386_n.jpgKaren caricatureMad, Mad Mini-Mehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sid-me-and-the-bard-clean-sm.jpgSid, me, and the Bard clean smSid, Me, and The Bard — ink and watercolour2014-03-04T08:06:11+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/25/drawing-a-day-fortnight/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/forest-fire-sketch-sm.jpgforest fire sketch smThe opening page in the story is a forest fire, with animals fleeing. There will be a lot of stark silhouette against bright oranges and reds in this scene — for now I'm just working out the placement of the animals and their outlines. Next comes a value sketch.2014-02-26T16:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/24/doodling-a-drawing-a-day-little-bird-guy/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bird-guy-colour.jpegBird Guy colourOctavio Omer Solomon — ink, watercolour pencil, digital background. He's a a kind of elite librarian and scribe, the Keeper of the Sacred Quill.2014-02-25T18:05:38+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/23/when-a-drawing-a-day-becomes-four-little-paintings/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wc-sketch-4.jpegWC sketch 4The UFOs are coming! Or maybe they are flying hats. Suggested by one of the students, I thought it was a great idea. This demo used salt and gouache to make stars and the explosions (or maybe they are fireworks). The city is just simple brushstrokes with a flat brush.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wc-sketch-2.jpegWC sketch 2This demo was to blend a nice sunset wash, and to show how to make very quick trees with brush scribbles.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wc-sketch-3.jpegWC sketch 3This demo was to show lifting paint out of a blended wash (and add some more for shadows) to make clouds, and how to make aerial perspective by making distant things lighter and bluer. I wasn't sure what the landscape was going to be, it sort of evolved as I went along.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wc-sketch-1.jpegWC sketch 1Demo to show masking (I masked off the blue areas), and how to draw people in about ten seconds! This is kind of a bizarre picture because the blue areas look like holes in the sky, but I kind of like that effect.2014-02-25T17:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/22/catching-up-on-the-drawing-a-day-thing/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dragon-and-princess.jpegdragon and princessDragon and Lady — there is a discussion of some sort going on here, but I couldn't come up with anything to go in a speech balloon, so I'll leave it to your imagination!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mike.jpegMikeMike playing guitar — Last night my band went to a concert up in Nanaimo, about a two hour drive from Victoria. Our friends, who are in a band called "Bob", were playing at the local folk club. We played a few songs on the open stage, then I settled in to sketch my friends. However, I was seated at the very side, and the only member of Bob that I could see well enough to sketch was Mike. It's a real challenge to sketch people who are moving around, and while there are some kind of strange things about this drawing, Mike liked it and gave me permission to post it!2014-02-23T15:35:13+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/22/technique-of-the-week-combining-pen-ink-and-watercolour/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pi-wc-rose-4-crop.jpgP&I-WC Rose 4 crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pi-wc-rose-1.jpegP&I-WC Rose 1A suggestion of colour — very loose and scribbly pen and ink with very loose and scribbly watercolour. I let some of the colours blend and blur, and for the background I applied a white crayon resist — more scribbling with the white crayon on the blank paper, then covered with a light wash; the wax resists the watercolour.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pi-wc-rose-3.jpegP&I-WC Rose 3Watercolour as shading — I did some shading with the ink first, then used darker watercolour wherever I had shaded with the pen lines.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pi-wc-rose-2.jpegP&I-WC Rose 2Colouring in the lines. Well, mostly. The main structure is provided by the lines, though, so even though I did put in a bit of shading, rather than flat colour, it still comes out a bit like a comic book rose.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pi-wc-rose-5.jpegP&I-WC Rose 5Ink for final enhancement — there's very little actual ink on this one, just enough where the edges needed some reinforcing. For the background, I was demonstrating how to use masking fluid. I was going to fill in the branches, but leaving them white made the odd juxtaposition of a wintery scene with a blooming rose. Very poetic, thought I.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pi-wc-rose-4.jpegP&I-WC Rose 4The splash of colour method. I was also demonstrating masking with masking tape on this one, which made the impression of a trellis behind the rose. Notice that I made very little attempt to stay in the lines here.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pi-wc-rose.jpegP&I-WC RoseToning the Paper — here I just dropped a lot of colours into the wet paper and allowed them to mingle. Fun to watch! The rose could have been further coloured to bring it out as a solid shape, but I rather liked it just as a superimposed drawing.2019-04-02T17:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/20/digital-dragon-delight-drawing-a-day-9/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christening-quest-sm.jpgThe Christening Quest"The Christening Quest" — cover for a novel by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.2014-02-21T16:12:42+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/19/drawing-a-day-8/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christening-quest-1.jpegChristening Quest 1This is the sketch for the centre medallion of the book cover for "The Christening Quest" by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. The book is part of the "Songs from the Seashell Archives" series. 2014-02-21T04:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/18/drawing-a-day-7-building-on-a-gesture-sketch/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/future-girls.jpgFuture girlsFuture Girls — coloured pencil, ink-cartridge brush, and Prismacolor markers.2014-02-19T19:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/18/practice-practice-practice-achieving-right-brain-bliss-through-figure-drawing/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/seated-woman-holding-leg.jpgseated woman holding legThe Blues — Indigo and white coloured pencils on toned paper _ ten minute posehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/boy-texting.jpgBoy textingBoy texting — this young man was so engrossed that he barely moved during the time I took to sketch this, about five minutes.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/abe-triangular.jpegAbe triangularMan Forming a Triangle — coloured pencils on toned paper. Going through my sketches, I was amused to see how many similar poses I've drawn over the years — there are only so many ways the human body can fold up, after all. I thought this drawing made an interesting comparison with the previous one.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/michael-with-staff.jpegMichael with staffhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/reclining-woman-buffsiennawhite.jpgreclining woman buff:sienna:whiteRelaxing Woman — burnt sienna and white coloured pencils on toned paper; a fifteen minute posehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mlord.jpegM'LordM'Lord Has Lost His Horse — fifteen minute pose — coloured pencil and water-soluble graphite pencil. A good model can evoke emotions with his or her pose. This poor aristocrat has to trudge all the way home!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sir-mike.jpegSir Mike"Sir Michael" — this one didn't make it into the life drawing post the other day, but it makes me laugh so I'm posting it here. The model posed on a chair, saying we could draw him an imaginary horse. There wasn't much time after I got the knight sketched (yes, he really had armour), so the horse is pretty imaginary indeed!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/seated-woman-thinking.jpgseated woman thinking"Young Woman Thinking Hard" — graphite and chalk on toned paper — I couldn't resist putting in another similar pose, and titling it like the first drawing!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/girl-in-a-hat.jpegGirl in a hatGirl in a Hat — drawing drapery and clothes is way more challenging than just drawing the figure. The underlying structure has to be right, and experience drawing the nude figure is a tremendous help in this. Practicing just drawing heaps of cloth helps too! One of these days I'm going to procrastinate doing the laundry by drawing the basket full of clothes!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/young-man-thinking-hard.jpgYoung Man Thinking HardYoung Man Thinking Hard — graphite on toned paper The model expressed in his pose the focus that it took to draw him!2019-07-04T17:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/17/drawing-a-day-6-a-portrait/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sandra-sm.jpgSandra smWoman in Blue — indigo and white Prismacolor pencils on toned paper2014-02-19T00:30:46+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/16/anime-manga-and-another-day-another-drawing/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/spam-short-legs-sm-crop.jpgSpam short legs sm crophttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/spam-short-legs-sm.jpgSpam short legs smA relative of Spam the Cat! 2014-02-17T04:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/15/technique-of-the-week-collage-beyond-the-magazine/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/collage-party-1.jpegcollage party 1Tonga — stamp, Japanese gift wrap, photo, hand decorated paperhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-stone-wisdom.jpgsm Stone WisdomStone Wisdom — hand decorated and printed papers, handmade paperhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-stone-thoughts.jpgsm Stone ThoughtsStone thoughts — hand decorated and printed papers, handmade paper. Spirals are really fun to cut!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-stone-magic.jpgsm Stone MagicStone Magic — hand decorated and printed papers, handmade paperhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-juggle-the-light.jpgsm Juggle the LightJuggle the Light — hand decorated and printed papers, handmade paperhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-heart-of-light.jpgsm Heart of LightHeart of Light — hand decorated and printed papers, handmade paperhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-floating.jpgsm FloatingFloating — a life drawing on rice paper was translucent enough to show through the colours beneath when I glued it on. I liked the shape of the edges here, so didn't crop it.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-elemental-stone.jpgsm Elemental StoneElemental Stone — hand-decorated and printed papershttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/art-muse-4.jpegart muse 4Iris participates in Technique-of-the-Week.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-fossil-sea.jpgsm Fossil SeaFossil Sea — a tiny watercolour painting set into hand-decoarated, very textured handmade paper, with the additions of real seashells.2020-07-10T18:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/14/wooing-the-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/art-muse-3.jpegart muse 3A tender moment between artist and muse.2014-02-15T16:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/13/persuading-the-muse/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aunt-root-4.jpgAunt root 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aunt-root-1.jpgAunt Root 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/art-muse-2.jpegart muse 2Iris doubts her own strength. 2014-02-17T21:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/12/the-muse-is-not-amused/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/art-muse.jpegart museIris expresses consternation at my rash vow.2014-03-10T18:40:28+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/11/to-draw-or-to-blog-that-is-the-question/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_9613.jpgNew Horizons"New Horizons" — watercolour, 4x6 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_9611.jpgThe Sky's the Limit"The Sky's the Limit" — a tiny painting, 4x6 inches, in which I demonstrated lifting wet paint to reveal the light.2014-02-13T17:57:38+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/10/collage-making-a-painting-with-paper-and-glue/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/winters-day.jpgwinter's day"Winter's Day"https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/winter-grove.jpgwinter grove"Winter Grove"https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mountain-of-stength.jpgmountain of stength"Mountain of Strength"https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mountain-and-mist.jpgmountain and mist"Mountain and Mist"https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/meditation.jpgmeditation"Meditation"https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/islands.jpgislands"Islands"https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/forest-medley.jpgforest medley"Forest Medley"https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/deep-mountains.jpgdeep mountains"Deep Mountains"https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aurora.jpgAurora"Aurora"2014-02-12T00:29:16+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/09/blogging-and-the-virtual-studio-tour/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/studio-pic.jpgstudio picMy futuristic, still-sort-of-new, studio table. At the time I took this pic it was the only clean spot in the studio...2018-04-04T06:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/18/technique-of-the-week-watercolour-pencils/2018-02-13T01:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/25/technique-saturday-celtic-knotwork/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/moontide-colour.jpgmoontideA logo I've used for my notecards, newly coloured digitally from the original pen and ink.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-paperchains8.jpgCeltic paperchains8One of a set of designs for a paper chain kit I made one long-ago Yuletide.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-paperchains7.jpgCeltic paperchains7One of a set of designs for a paper chain kit I made one long-ago Yuletide.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-paperchains6.jpgCeltic paperchains6One of a set of designs for a paper chain kit I made one long-ago Yuletide.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-paperchains5.jpgCeltic paperchains5One of a set of designs for a paper chain kit I made one long-ago Yuletide.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-paperchains4.jpgCeltic paperchains4One of a set of designs for a paper chain kit I made one long-ago Yuletide.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-paperchains3.jpgCeltic paperchains3One of a set of designs for a paper chain kit I made one long-ago Yuletide.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-paperchains2.jpgCeltic paperchains2One of a set of designs for a paper chain kit I made one long-ago Yuletide.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-paperchains1.jpgCeltic paperchains1One of a set of designs for a paper chain kit I made one long-ago Yuletide.2014-07-01T15:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/08/technique-of-the-week-demystifying-watercolour-paper/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8634.jpgMount Baker Dreams"Mount Baker Dreams" — The ferry from Sidney BC to Anacortes , Washington puts in at one of the islands in between. This is what I saw from the dock. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_8627.jpgSunshine"Sunshine" — funny how cats always find the warm spot in the house!https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/volcano.jpgBones of the Earth"Bones of the Earth" — a mountain in the Montana Mission Range that has an oddly shaped top above the treeline. It is not a volcano, but I suspect there is a hollow at the top with a lake. However, I did not climb up there to see.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tree-scene.jpgWickaninnish WindWickaninnish Wind — This tree stands by the parking lot at Wickaninnish Beach , in Pacific Rim National Park.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rose.jpgRose"One Perfect Rose" — an anniversary card I made for my husband some years ago.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mountainlake.jpgWillow Banks"Willow Banks" — part of a large wetland park at the base of Montana's Mission Mountains that I visited once.2014-02-10T17:56:36+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/07/testing-watercolour-paper-with-renfrew-the-raccoon/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/renfrew-test-4.jpegRenfrew test 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/renfrew-test-3.jpegRenfrew test 3Part of a paper test I did when researching papers to use on Spam and the Sasquatch.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/renfrew-test-2.jpegRenfrew test 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/renfrew-test-1.jpegRenfrew test 12014-02-09T08:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/06/character-study-renfrew-the-racoon/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/raccoon-4.jpegRaccoon 4Renfrew, like any raccoon, likes to wash things. His idea of a good location is somewhere that has running water nearby so that he can wash his treasures. Sometimes they don't work anymore after he's done...https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/raccoon-3-e1391750560883.jpegRaccoon 3Renfrew, being equipped with opposable thumbs, can gather up lots of treasures if he has something to bundle them up in. However, carrying them is then another matter, because he hasn't figured out how to become truly bipedal for any length of time.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/raccoon-2.jpegRaccoon 2Renfrew with one of his favourite things to thieve — a cellphone. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/raccoon-1.jpegRaccoon 1Renfrew and a young friend. This was referenced from a postcard photo by James R. Fisher.2014-09-23T17:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/04/art-supplies-for-control-freaks-coloured-pencils/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-two-lips.jpgsm two lips"Two Lips" — from a photo I snapped of a bunch of tulips someone had given me. As the petals started to fall away, they got more and more interesting. This one took quite a long time, lots of burnishing. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-sheltered-2.jpgsm Sheltered 2"Sheltered" — a demonstration on doing an underpainting in dark grey pencil to establish the values turned into this. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-seashell.jpgsm seashell"Broken Seashell" — I like to pick up broken seashells, because their curves are challenging and fun to draw. For this one, I used a technique I often use for figure drawing — woking on toned paper and just picking out the deepest shadow and the highlights with white and black pencils.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-falling-apples.jpgsm Falling Apples"Falling Apples" — When I teach a coloured pencil workshop, I often go buy a bag of apples and hand one out to everyone. Apples are excellent subjects for learning how to build up colour from light to dark. After my demo, he whole class goes back to their tables and becomes very quiet for a while — silence is the sound of creativity! One class I actually had time to draw my apple several times on the same page.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-el-moro.jpgsm El Moro"El Morro" — the famous landmark fort at the mouth of Havana harbour. I got really caught up in the rocks on this one. https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-coloured-pencil-pink-rose.jpgsm coloured pencil pink rose"Pink Rose" — One of the most burnished coloured pencil paintings I have ever produced. This little thing is the size of a greeting card, and it took me many hours.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-bear-hangout.jpgsm Bear Hangout"Bear Hangout" — from a photo I took in Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. There were no visible fences, and everyone wanted to know how I'd gotten so close to the bears! Usually I would just smile and look mysterious.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sm-coloured-pencil-white-rose-2.jpgsm -coloured Pencil White Rose 2"White Rose" — I took a bunch of white silk roses into a class I was teaching one day, and we all had a good time trying to make them look natural, adding backgrounds and suggestions of colour.2014-02-05T06:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/03/browsing-the-blogs-cat-deficit-alert/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wrap-around-cats-9.jpegwrap-around cats 9Jumper — acrylic on canvas, 8x8 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wrap-around-cats-8.jpegwrap-around cats 8Sherlock — acrylic on canvas, 8x8 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wrap-around-cats-7.jpegwrap-around cats 7Ming — acrylic on canvas, 8x8 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wrap-around-cats-6.jpegwrap-around cats 6Ginger — acrylic on canvas, 8x8 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wrap-around-cats-2.jpegwrap-around cats 2Tickles — acrylic on canvas, 8x8 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wrap-around-cats-5.jpegwrap-around cats 5Socrates — acrylic on canvas, 8x8 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wrap-around-cats-1.jpegwrap-around cats 1Sprite — acrylic on canvas, 8x8 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wrap-around-cats-4.jpegwrap-around cats 4Blue Boy — acrylic on canvas, 8x8 incheshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wrap-around-cats-3.jpegwrap-around cats 3Jasper — acrylic on canvas, 8x8 inches2014-02-05T18:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/02/02/book-covers-kitties-and-yetis-and-vampires-oh-my/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lastrefugefullk.jpgLast Refugehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/9-tales-o-cats.jpg9 Tales O' Catshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cat-o-9-tales1.jpgcat o' 9 taleshttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/spamcovsm_2.jpgspam vs the vampirehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/spam-vs-vamp.jpgSpam vs Vampirehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_12561.jpgLast Refugehttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/songofsorcerya9.jpgsongofsorcerya9https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1779113_10151632889028039_1860452305_n.jpg1779113_10151632889028039_1860452305_n2014-02-03T04:19:57+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/31/playing-fast-and-loose-with-watercolour/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wildly-blooming.jpgWildly BloomingWildly bloominghttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/edge-of-the-woods.jpgEdge of the Woods"Edge of the Woods" — I started with very light washes to build up the background and lighter tones of the foreground; the dark trees went in last.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cuban-tree.jpgCuban TreeCuban Tree2014-02-01T07:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/30/a-bit-of-studio-drama-spam-the-maquette-gets-surgery-part-3/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0486.jpgSpam' Neck Job 7https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0485.jpgSpam' Neck Job 6https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0482.jpgSpam' Neck Job 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0480.jpgSpam' Neck Job 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0484.jpgSpam' Neck Job 5https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0476.jpgSpam' Neck Job 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0477.jpgSpam' Neck Job 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0489.jpgSpam' Neck Job 82014-02-04T19:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/29/cougar-annie-a-west-coast-tale-in-comics/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-8.jpgCougar Annie 8Cougar Annie, Page 8https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-7.jpgCougar Annie 7Cougar Annie, Page 7https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-6.jpgCougar Annie 6Cougar Annie, Page 6https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-5.jpgCougar Annie 5Cougar Annie, Page 5https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-4.jpgCougar Annie 4Cougar Annie, Page 4https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-3.jpgCougar Annie 3Cougar Annie, Page 3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-2.jpgCougar Annie 2Cougar Annie, Page 2https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-1.jpgCougar Annie 1Cougar Annie, Page 12014-01-30T19:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/28/a-comic-in-process-from-thumbnails-to-finished/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-thumbnails-1sm.jpgCougar Annie Thumbnails 1smThumbnail sketches for "Cougar Annie" comic, pages 1-3https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-sketchsm.jpgcougar annie sketchsm"Cougar Annie" pencil sketch, page 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-pg1sm.jpgCougar Annie pg1sm"Cougar Anne" comic page, page 1https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cougar-annie-ink1.jpgCougar Annie ink1"Cougar Annie" inked, page 12017-02-21T14:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/27/suitable-for-all-ages-painting-a-theme/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img225.jpgimg225Suitable for All Ages — Playinghttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img224.jpgimg224Suitable for All Ages — Lovinghttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img223.jpgimg223Suitable for All Ages — Planting2014-01-28T21:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/26/the-keepers-some-watercolours-that-stayed-at-home/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/water-music-1-1.jpgwater music 1.1Water Music (watercolour)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tropical-sun.jpgTropical SunTropical Sun (watercolour)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/forbidden-plateau1.jpgForbidden Plateau1Forbidden Plateau (watercolour)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/beneath-the-surface.jpgbeneath the surfaceBeneath the Surface — a class exercise in transparency.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/arbutus.jpgArbutusArbutus (watercolour)2017-01-28T19:35:14+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/21/a-typical-morning-at-our-house/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mak-page-4-sm.jpgMak page 4 smMAK page 4 – in which the dream is achievedhttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mak-page-3-sm.jpgMak page 3 smMAK page 3 – in which accidental betrayal occurs and chaos ensues.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mak-page-2-sm.jpgMak page 2 smMAK page 2 – in which the power of the purr is revealed.https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mak-page-1-sm.jpgMak page 1 smMAK page 1 – in which the hypnotic quality of love is discovered.2014-02-20T02:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/22/evolution-of-a-design-celtic-seahorses/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-seahorses-colour.jpegCeltic seahorses colourCeltic Seahorses (pen & ink, watercolour, coloured pencil)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-seahorses-colour-3.jpegCeltic seahorses source illohttps://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-seahorses-colour-2.jpegCeltic seahorses inocutCeltic Seahorses (linocut on banana paper)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-seahorses-colour-1.jpegCeltic seahorsesCeltic Seahorses (pen and ink)2018-09-14T12:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/23/the-elements-celtic-style/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/elemental-steed-air-sm.jpgElemental steed air smElemental Steed: Air (acrylic)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/elemental-steed-water.jpgElemental steed waterElemental Steed: Water (acrylic)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/elemental-steed-fire.jpgElemental steed fireElemental Steed: Fire (acrylic)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/elemental-steed-earth.jpgElemental steed earthElemental Steed: Earth (acrylic)2015-07-09T16:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://karengillmoreart.com/2014/01/24/embellishing-and-colouring-celtic-design/https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wolf-stones-colour.jpgWolf & Stones ColourWolf and the Stones (pen & ink, watercolour, coloured pencil)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wolf-stones-bw.jpgWolf & Stones BWWolf and the Stones (pen & ink)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/eostre-coloursm.jpgEostre coloursmEostre (pen & ink, watercolour, coloured pencil)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/eostre-bw.jpgEostre BWEostre (pen & ink)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-green-man-colour.jpgCeltic Green Man colourCeltic Green Man (pen & ink, watercolour)https://karengillmoreart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/celtic-green-man-bw.jpgCeltic Green Man BWCeltic Green Man (pen & 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