Creating Comics: Script and Thumbnails
As promised to my comics class, here is the first Friday Night Comics post! If you’re not in the class, that’s OK, I hope this will be useful for anyone […]
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Welcome, Comics Class!
Yesterday was the first day of a comics course I am teaching at a local recreation centre. I’ve promised the class that each Friday evening, I’ll post some extra goodies […]
VanCAF, Ho!
I just found out today that I’ve been accepted for a table at VanCAF, Vancouver’s own Comic Arts Festival. I was on a waiting list, as space is very tight […]
Just Imagine!
The creative resolutions continue to propagate. In my last post, I mentioned that I would like to do more writing, as opposed to the joint pictures and words I use […]
Creative Resolve
Yesterday I had a look back at the last year, and promised (in a moment of madness, no doubt) to post about my resolutions for the coming year. Yikes! What […]
Crystal Ball, Retrospective
The year is waning, about to wink out like a dying star, soon to be replaced by a new bright young one. As many people do, I go back and […]
Salish Sea Santa
It’s a glorious, sunny Christmas Eve here in Victoria, BC, surrounded by the coastal waterways collectively known as the Salish Sea, after the Coast Salish people whose traditional territories are this […]
A Serene Solstice
It’s already gone midnight, here on the west coast of Canada, and I know the actual astronomical moment of Solstice was around nine hours ago, but the sentiment is the […]
Open Studio Day
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft agley —Robert Burns Opening my studio to the public is always a tricky business for me. I have two studios; the […]
From the Air
Photography, Haiku, and the Need for Cleaning the Basement — A couple of years ago, I had an exhibition of a series of digitally manipulated photographs I had taken on […]
New Technique Links!
I’ve just made a new menu (look to your left) for tutorial and educational pages I’m making based on some of my classes. So far I have three links you can […]
Digital Colour Play
The other night I found myself at a meeting, feeling twitchy and wanting to doodle. No paper? But wait — I had brought my laptop! I dug out an ink […]
Vancouver Island Voyage
Last Tuesday I got to do something I’ve been wanting to do for years — travel down the Alberni Inlet to Bamfield aboard the MV Frances Barkley, a working packet […]
Photography for Painting
For many years I have taken photos for reference for making paintings or drawings. At this point I have thousands of images from which I can pull clouds and waves, […]
Working Behind the Scenes
You know how sometimes you go to a website and get a page that says “under construction”? I’m doing a bit of renovating to this blog right now, working on […]
Colour Me Happy
Hi, it’s me! I haven’t been here for a while. Art has not been happening. Music has. I’m sure I’ll be doing a cartoon or two about this situation, but […]
Saturday Night Inspiration
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint’, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. — Vincent Van Gogh I must say, this […]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin
Follow me, where I go, what I do and who I know… Well, if that little phrase wasn’t enough to start a tune in your head, you’re not the […]
Back in the Saddle Again!
It’s funny how time can stretch out and become nebulous after a lot of intense activity. When I finally don’t have a million things to do in a day, somehow […]
Miss Tabby Tallulah
Summer Art Challenge Day 41 Here’s a new character, Miss Tabby Tallulah. I wasn’t sure what colours to make her or her clothes, so I’m going to wait until tomorrow to […]
Dragon, Muse, Cat
Summer Art Challenge Day 38 — making art every day! This evening was the weekly get together for the comic jam gang. Only three of us were there, but we had […]
The Muse Reconsiders
Summer Art Challenge Day 37 — making art every day! I had fun colouring the comic I posted yesterday in pen and ink! Iris did too, and was relieved to be […]
A Garden Muse Epiphany
Summer Art Challenge Days 32-33 — making art every day! The muses have been very busy the last couple of days, as have I. Yesterday Iris came out in the garden […]
More Silly Animal Characters
Summer Art Challenge Days 30-31 — making art (of some kind) every day! Right away, I must confess; I did not draw yesterday, nor did I paint, sculpt, collage, or otherwise make […]
As the Muse Turns
Summer Art Challenge Days 23-29 — making art (of some kind) every day! The impulse to create is a funny thing. It doesn’t confine itself to neat boundaries of expression. A […]
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