Limbo in the Studio
No, I’m not doing that crazy dance where you try to defy gravity while wriggling under a low bar! I don’t have the limber for the limbo, and besides, I […]
Tag Archives: painting
The April Fool’s Easter Bundragon
How often do April Fool’s Day and Easter fall on the same day? I couldn’t resist the urge to do this funny li’l guy, once he’d popped into my head! […]
The Zooly Art Challenge
Zooly is a month-long art challenge during the month of July, dreamed up by Karen Gillmore and Melody Pena, two artists who both like drawing and sculpting animals. Every day for the month of July, there will be a prompt for an animal to spark your creative juices.
Colored Pencil Magazine Article!
Hey, art-process fans! Want to know how I made this comic? I just got word that the article I submitted to Colored Pencil Magazine is now in the June issue, […]
Painting Mermaids and Merboys
Why are mermaids always maids? What do you call a boy, er, mermaid? Merboy? Merlad? A grown male mer-person is a merman, or sometimes, a triton (though they usually have […]
Watercolour Pencils = Fun
I spent a lovely day today teaching an all-day workshop in Watercolour Pencils to thirteen keen and creative folks. The way to tell when people are really “in the zone” in […]
Cats-n-Sasquatch for Indiegogo!
A couple of posts ago, I wrote about a crowdfunding campaign that I’m involved in. The Camosun Comic Arts Festival, or CCAF, is raising funds through Indiegogo for the event […]
Evidence of Comics
“Hmmm,” said Sherlock, “there seems to be a webcomic about to be published.” “How can you tell?” said Watson, “All I see are some paints and little pictures.” “Elementary, my […]
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, […]
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 […]
“The Mermaid” Cover, part 2
The cover that I posted the beginnings of two days ago is finished! This will be my entry in the Co-Mix exhibition here in Victoria at the Martin Batchelor Gallery. […]
Celebrating!
I have finished the painting of Spam and the Sasquatch, a few minutes past midnight, so I’m too late to post today, because it’s now tomorrow! The work is not […]
Featured TCAF creator: Joan Steacy
This is the second of my posts about artists who were at TCAF this past weekend. Today I’m featuring my friend and mentor, Joan Steacy! Follow the links in the […]
Cheeze It, Sasquatch!
Today in Spam and the Sasquatch, our young Sasquatch is in a spot of trouble with the law. Here’s a couple of my favourite panels from today’s painting efforts. (In […]
Sasquatch Zen!
There’s been lots of progress on Spam and the Sasquatch today — here are a panel and a page that pleased me greatly. (In case you’re just tuning in: Spam and […]
Fish Negotiations
Tonight’s sneak peek at Spam and the Sasquatch involves diplomatic relations between Rocky the Vampire Cat and Renfrew the Raccoon over the possession of The Fish (deceased). (In case you’re […]
Rocky the Vampire Cat
Today I’m going to post a whole page, just because I like the way it came out. Spam has encountered his pal Rocky the Vampcat, or Catpire if you prefer, […]
A Handsome Villain
Tonight’s sneak peek into Spam and the Sasquatch has Spam encountering Sven, the good-looking, ladies-man (or so he thinks) villain. I’m not going to tell you why he’s the villain, […]
A Deer Encounter
Tonight’s sneak peek into my Spam & the Sasquatch graphic novel painting marathon involves Spam and Renfrew, uh, running into the deer. The deer are the biggest gossips in town; they […]
Technique-of-the-Week — Comic page in watercolour
Today I painted the first double-page spread of Spam and the Sasquatch, and took pictures as I did each stage! So follow along if you like, and help me celebrate […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dancing Starfish
One of my favourite subjects is the creatures of the tidepools that abound in this area. This is the only painting of tidepool critters that I’ve done in acrylic, for […]
Telling Tales
This is the cover to my first comic book, a collection of several short stories (a few of which can be found in the sidebar to your left!). I hadn’t […]
Technique of the Week — Plein-Air Tips
Plein- Air: just a fancy way of saying you are going outside to paint! With spring upon us in the northern hemisphere (more or less), it’s time to start thinking […]
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