I had a medical checkup a few weeks ago and did a little sketching practice while waiting in the exam room. These are some excerpts from a poster on the anatomy of the ear. I thought the individual parts strongly resembled interesting alien creatures. My favorite new word was “otoliths”. I think they’re ballast for […]
I pick up lots of cigarette packs while walking around the neighborhood. I think they make great found paper for collage, especially Camels brand. I’m surprised at the variation of designs and colors just within a single brand name. How on earth do people choose their smoke? It’s more complex than ordering a coffee at […]
It seems like there’s never enough money for all the things I want, but the last year has really been tight. I spend so much on computer & camera-related stuff and fixing the house there doesn’t seem to be much left over for new clothes. We have a dress code at work, so I can’t […]
Micron 05 brown pen, Micron orange brush, Marvy LePlume red
I feel I’ve been going in circles the last week. Maybe that’s why I’ve been making lots of circles! I finally decided I needed to knuckle down and learn Illustrator. The rep at Adobe assured me my more-than-ancient version qualified for upgrade to CS4 even though […]
Doodling with a variety of pens. Doodles are to art what notes areto a research paper. It looks like it might fit in to the overall story, but you’re not sure how just yet.
One of the things I do to teach myself to draw is to copy simple drawings. I liked these two fish I saw in an old comic strip. The catfish was wearing a top hat and smoking a cigarette, but I didn’t put that in. My first drawing wasn’t bad, but things went downhill from […]
I suddenly decided I intensely dislike my website. I will be experimenting with new layouts when I have time. So far none of the themes available at wordpress suit me. I’m so particular.
Meanwhile, an experiment with oil pastels on some handmade watercolor paper.
After fooling around with digital collage in Photoshop yesterday, my hands were twitching for the feel of cold steel scissors and sticky acrylic adhesive. Maybe I’m thinking about privacy issues too much, because this is one of the things my fingers pulled out of my brain.
Do Brains go with Beauty? Do Thrills go with Romance?
YES…..in MYRA NORTH, Special Nurse
I stumbled across this little noir comic strip while I was poking around the archives of the Dallas Newspaper. I “clipped” these panels because I liked the artist’s style; reminded me of old Dick Tracy and Li’l Orphan Annie comic […]