Adding more color to my art

Drawing with colored pencils at the cafe I've had a pretty interesting journey with color in my artwork. When I was a wee laddie I did the usual crayons and tempera paint, sure. But even then, pen and ink appealed to me more. In my high school years, I tackled all the mediums sent to...

A fountain pen update: A tour of starter pens

Pens from left to right: Platinum Preppy 03, Platinum Plaisir, Teranishi Guitar, Waterman Allure/Graduate, Sailor Hi-Ace Neo, Kaweco Sport (plastic and brass) I've had an obsession with stationery since I was a wee lad, roaming the streets of the Lower Naugatuck Valley back in Connecticut. Any visit to a store like Kmart or Caldor involved...

An Art and Publication Year in Review

My table set-up from the Lords Luggage Holiday Market, 17 Dec 2022 It's a positively frigid night here in Portland (20F/-6C, with a windchill like 5F, and freezing rain coming down), a good type of night to reflect back on how my art life fared in 2022. It was overall "good", but there's room for...

Bikeartober 2022, Half-way through

As we hurtle towards the end of October, now is a good time to check in on my Bikeartober 2022 progress. I intended to have a drawing for each day of the month. So far, so good. Mind you, I haven't been drawing every day, sometimes I'll skip a day and make it up the...

Bikeartober 2022, so far

Hey folks. If you follow my flickr or Instagram (or even tumblr!) you'll see my daily entries to the Bikeartober Challenge as they happen. But maybe you only look at my blog. Ok then, here are the posts so far. View the dynamic flickr album for all of them (this will update automatically with whatever...

A late September art update, right before Bikeartober

Making postcards during the San Juans Tour in August It's been a few months since I checked in with you fine folks about my continued journey with art. So far this year I've used both watercolors and dip ink pens for the first time in decades. This felt good, and I kept on experimenting with...

A May art update: More dip pen action

Esterbrook 356 nib, once used by Carl Barks (not this nib, but the nib in general) Hello folks. Last month I let you all know that I got back into dip pens. After pretty much avoiding them since high school, it's been fun to work in the true "pen-and-ink" medium. I started off with a...

An April Art Update: Dip pens

It's been a few months that I checked up with you fine folk about my art journey. Last time I spoke about rediscovering watercolors. I'm still having fun with them, though I haven't done it as much as hoped. While one can do watercolors quickly, I like reserving a couple hours for painting. Pen and...