Painting with Japanese Watercolour Pens
I’ve wanted to work more with watercolours, but I wasn’t sure where to start. But then, a friend handed me some Japanese watercolour pens. Now, I’m in love.
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Hacked Art: Playing Ghosts in a Swamp
I have a habit, as you may know, of collecting paintings from thrift stores and adding to them. Here’s my most recent work, featuring some folks playing ghosts in a nice swamp.
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Easel Action: Acrylic Painting of Three Masked Figures
The evolution on the easel continues, and it’s clear that my regular drawing helps when I go to pick up the brush.
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Sketchbook: Experimenting with Washes in My Drawings
I’ve been colouring in my drawings with Sharpies lately. This worked in my sketchbooks, but when I tried to Sharpie in my drawings on some bookkeeping paper, I didn’t quite like the look. So, I decided to try using a wash to add colour… Not that I necessarily know what I’m doing.
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Mini-Exhibit: Looking Back on My Early Pandemic Art
March 2020 feels a little lost in the fog. Two years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic was getting real for Canadians (at least for those who we’re into accepting reality of it). Amidst the lockdowns, stress baking, endless Zoom meetings, and toilet paper shortages, some of us also got down to making some art. Let’s take a look at some stuff from the beginning of the plague years.
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Hacked Art: Painting of a Masked Figure Fishing in a Thrift Store Find
I enjoy rescuing paintings from thrift stores and finding ways to add my own story to them. I’ve done a fair few over the years. Many have gone on to other homes, but here’s one that’s currently up on my wall: A Masked Figure Fishing. It’s a simple, idyllic moment, with some ominous vibes.
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Thinking About My Influences, with Modigliani in the Mix
Last night, I pulled one of my books about Modigliani off my shelf to read before bed. My collection of art books is small (but hearty), yet somehow I managed to end up with two Modigliani books. Anyway, when I sat down to do my daily draw this morning, it was natural that I’d add this to the mix.
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Sketchbook: Drawing on Bookkeeping Paper from a Thrift Store
Recently, I pulled out some bookkeeping paper I found at a thrift store and decided to put it to good use for some drawings. It’s a nice break from my usual sketchbook rotation.
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Smear Job: A Very Simple Trick for Preventing Your Ink from Smudging
Smudged ink is the bane of every illustrator’s existence! Every artist knows this. But other than waiting for the your ink to TOTALLY dry before you start adding colour, what can you do? YouTuber and illustrator Draw Ninja KC, though, came up with a hot idea.
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Easel Action: Acrylic Painting of a Masked Figure, with Skateboard
In past posts, I wrote about how my influences are coming out in my sketchbooks. I’ve been working on turning some of those drawings into paintings. Painting doesn’t come naturally to me. It’s one off those areas of my art practice where taking a real art class might come in handy, but I honestly prefer to learn as I go. So, what am I learning?
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