Technique-of-the-Week: Texturing Acrylic Paintings
This is my 100th post! Yay! And it just happens to fall on Technique Saturday: Coincidence? I think so… Here’s a fun way to paint if you are into acrylics […]
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A Mighty Conflagration
Days like this keep me humble. I put aside the inking of the story I’ve been working on in order to try painting the first page, which I had put […]
Sneak Peek 3!
Spam, his friends, and the Sasquatch are seeing more of each other than any of them expected. In today’s isolated and therefore hopefully not spoiler panels, the Sasquatch looms large […]
Sneak Peek 2 — In Which Spam Meets the Sasquatch
Yesterday I started a series of postings of the work I’m currently doing, which is inking Spam and the Sasquatch. I’ve finally gotten to the part with the Sasquatch, and […]
Technique-of-the-Week — Demystifying Watercolour Paints
Every Saturday I post about some aspect of art technique. This week’s technique is more of a pre-technique. I’m a strong believer in knowing your materials, in order to get […]
Let the Inking Begin!
Like just about anything in life, there are different stages to drawing comics. The hard part comes up front, starting with hammering out the story and stretching and compressing it […]
Spam-the-Cat Gets His Stripes
Spam the Cat Maquette went for his first outing yesterday, and charmed his adoring public — but without his stripes. Tonight I finished his paint job so that he is […]
Technique of the Week, or, finishing Spam the Cat (part 4)
It’s been ages since I worked on my Spam the Cat polymer clay maquette, and I’m attempting to get it finished for the comic conference at Camosun College tomorrow. So […]
Coloured Gesso City
Today I feel like posting something completely different, from my archives. I was scrolling through folders and ran across these little paintings, which I did as a bit of play […]
Shapechanger Goes Camping
The process of making a comic, step-by-step Yesterday I posted a one-page comic that I did as part of a school program, at the beginning of the year, and I […]
Technique-of-the-Week — Through the Eye of a Flower
Last week I did a step-by-step coloured pencil demo of a flower, in response to a question from a follower. The second part of her question, however, was a little […]
There will be a short delay…
Today was supposed to be my Technique-of-the-Week post, but due to circumstances beyond my control that rendered my house temporarily uninhabitable for the day I wasn’t able to finish my post. The […]
Technique-of-the-Week — Coloured Pencil Flower
Also, this is Drawing-a-Day number 18! A double-duty drawing! A few weeks ago, I had a request from Ilex of Midwestern Plants (check out her wonderful blog here!) for a tutorial […]
A Feline Swashbuckler
Drawing-of-the-Day 17 Here’s another character from my doodles of last Sunday night, turned into a finished painting. I tried an experiment that was suggested to me by my mentor today […]
Drawing-a-Day — Fortnight!
Today’s sketch marks two whole weeks I have been doing this. Sometimes I’ve only gotten a sketch in before midnight by the skin of my teeth, but I’ve done it, […]
When a Drawing-a-Day Becomes Four Little Paintings
Today I taught my introduction to Watercolour Techniques class. I love beginner’s classes — it’s like getting to show your beloved city off to someone who’s never been there. And […]
Technique-of-the-Week — Combining Pen & Ink and Watercolour
It’s time for another dive into my vast pile of workshop handouts! I have been using this technique a lot lately, as it is my favourite method of colouring comics. […]
Practice, Practice, Practice! — Achieving right-brain bliss through figure drawing
There’s an old musician’s joke: A fellow is walking down the street in Manhatten, looking lost. He sees a couple of guys on the street corner, busking, and asks them, […]
Collage — making a painting with paper and glue
Every now and then I get the urge to cover myself, my studio, and various more appropriate surfaces with pretty paper bits. I have a large collection of hand-made papers, […]
A Comic in Process: from Thumbnails to Finished
I just finished the 64 pages of thumbnails for one of the graphic novels I’m working on, and am feeling like celebrating! Whoo-hoo! Since I’m watching my calories, I won’t […]
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