Category Archives: Stories of my life

Holy moley… I really am an author…

Posted on November 21, 2013 by pouringmyartout

It is just now hitting me for the first time. I really am an author. Oh, I know I haven’t made much money. But there are copies of my books floating around out there. Some of them in countries far … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged art, children's book, fame, fiction, getting published, humor, science fiction, writing | 80 Comments

Everybody got somethin’ to hide…

Posted on November 1, 2013 by pouringmyartout

… except for me and my monkey book!!! Now I just need to put it in my sidebar and do links… I guess you could just go to thebookpatch.com where my other book is sold and do a search for … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, My art, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged art, author, children's book, humor, i wrote another book, kids, monkeys, writing | 171 Comments

So about my science fiction novel…

Posted on October 5, 2013 by pouringmyartout

No, this is not another of my shameless attempts to get you to buy the first book of my awesomely funny, chock-full of action and adventure, space pirates, weird aliens and weirder humans science fiction series… available by simply clicking on … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, Stories of my life | Tagged fiction, humor, science fiction, science fiction novel, writing | 20 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 4…

Posted on September 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I have done some more work on the illustration for the cover of the children’s book. But have I gone too far? I have finished the rough outlines. I took your suggestions and instead of the dark ink outlines, I … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, arts, book cover art, children's book, humor, illustration, painting, watercolor, watercolor painting | 47 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 3…

Posted on September 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Or: Help me design the cover of my new children’s book ! I am still in the process of showing you step by step how I am developing the cover art for my new children’s book. In the last post, I shared … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, arts, book cover art, childrens books, illustration, painting, watercolor painting, watercolors, writing | 30 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 2…

Posted on September 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

This might be fun. I can talk about the children’s book and go back to the roots of this blog: My art. So I am going to share with you the steps I am going through to make the cover of … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, arts, book cover, illustration, painting, pencil sketch, Photoshop, watercolor paint, watercolor painting, writing | 88 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys…

Posted on September 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

As you know, I am just about ready to publish my first children’s book. There is a story about how this book came about. It is based on the answers given to me by kids when I tell them that … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged children's book, humor, kids, monkeys, WPLongform, writing | 191 Comments

I might have a problem…

Posted on September 17, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Every time I start an art project, this happens to me. It takes over my whole life. It fills my head. I go to sleep thinking about it, and I wake up thinking about it. Sometimes I wake up in … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My art, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged art, art project, children's book, compulsion, humor, literature, monkey project, monkeys, painting, sci fi novels, writing | 22 Comments

About that children’s book…

Posted on September 13, 2013 by pouringmyartout

The artwork is taking a little longer to finish than I thought it would. The book is more about the art than the words, so I want to get it right. But I thought I might share one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, arts, book idea, children's book, humor, illustration, monkeys, painting, watercolor painting, writing | 11 Comments

I made a monkey!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Well… I mean, I drew a monkey, and then painted it in with water-color paints, and then did the outlines with ink. And then I scanned it and put it is to Photoshop and zoomed in and cleaned up all the … Continue reading →