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I swear, I used to be able to do art… part 2…

Well, the gorilla and rose watercolors are coming along. As are the watercolors of me and and the one of my mother, napping in the sun. The one of my wife and I is still problematic. And I have made … Continue reading

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So, I got a digital art projector for Christmas… part 1…

So far, I have figured out the easiest way to use it is to tape my future masterpieces to the sliding door, and then sketch the image that I am projecting. I started off with a couple of watercolors. A … Continue reading

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More digital fun with illustrations from my children’s books… part 10…

Oh yeah, the ‘groovy rainbow’ filter on this original watercolor and ink from one of my children’s books… Tomorrow, I am doing something interesting, so I might not be able to post until at least late afternoon… stay tuned!  

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More digital fun with illustrations from my children’s books… part 8…

All I did was add some digital sparkles to the watercolor painting… but it is sort of magical.

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More digital fun with illustrations from my children’s books… part 7…

Yes, I love that I can make that from this image… … with only one click, using a digital ‘kaleidoscope’ filter. But what I really love is that, if you look in the corners of the first image, there appears, … Continue reading

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More digital fun with illustrations from my children’s books… part 6…

Maybe more colors…

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More digital fun with illustrations from my children’s books… part 3…

In this post, I am using digital filters with slightly darker names… like: ‘night’ and ‘smoke’ and ‘grey’ and stuff like that there. It is funny how easy it is to take a cheerful watercolor painting of two wizards holding … Continue reading

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Let’s take a break from sunsets… an art break…

While I was in the Bay Area, I pulled out some old watercolor art to work on. I can’t wait until I finish that one, and mount it on a nice piece of varnished wood… or maybe gold foil… or … Continue reading

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Water + color = watercolor…

Believe it or not, between all the other stuff I have been doing while visiting my mom in the Bay Area, I actually did some watercolor painting. That is a picture I started about 10 or 12 years ago, on … Continue reading

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A children’s book is born… (or); A look inside the mind at the creative process of an artist and writer… who also happens to have crack squirrels living in his cranium…

Well, there it all is, the original, amusing little comic strip that I drew when I was a teenager so many years ago… with all its ‘making fun of creation myth’ overtones… along with one of the watercolors… ( the … Continue reading

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