Month: May 2023

I’m posting my favorite of the previous week’s Noah’s Archipelago comics each Saturday. This week we got a taste of foreshadowing about what Ursula’s summer “off” will be like, as seen in my favorite of the this week:...

I got around to playing with my gelli plate to try to make some monotypes at home similar to what I can do in the studio with a press. I still have a fair amount of experimenting to do to get the Goldilocks linework – just the right thinness,...

Fortunately the temperatures are a bit lower this week, which is nice… but won’t last… It’s made working in the garden more pleasant, of course. I’ve been yanking goutweed as I’ve been able, though there’s a lot more to yank. And I’ve been planting more. Speaking of which, I...

As mentioned in the last Saturday blog, I’m posting these as separate weekly blog posts now. This week I messed around with portraying Ricky in pastels as well as the more usual ink drawings (no monotypes this week). So, I think for the week’s favorite rendering of Ricky B....

My favorite of this week’s Bono Mouse sketches: Done with a purple Pilot pen. I’m down to only 2 blank spreads in the book, so it’s almost time to start going through the spreads that only have a drawing on the one page to fill in all the blank...

I’m posting my favorite of the previous week’s Noah’s Archipelago comics each Saturday. This week Ursula wants a Lego city and the square footage to house it, as seen in my favorite of the week here:...

Saturday again. I just got back from dropping another trunkful of stuff I don’t need anymore off at Value Village (and there will be a bunch more) along with renewing my membership at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, which I almost forgot was running out in a couple...

As mentioned in the last Saturday blog, I’m posting these as separate weekly blog posts now. So, the week’s favorite rendering of Ricky B. is this one: To see all the Ricky works, follow @ricky_b_rat on Instagram or Ricky B on Facebook… the latter of which was just set...

As mentioned in the last Saturday blog, I’m posting these as separate weekly blog posts now. And yes, I’m cheating, because this is from a week ago Sunday, but oh well. Done with markers, and the reference is from last fall during his book tour. (Fuller explanation of what...

I’m posting my favorite of the previous week’s Noah’s Archipelago comics each Saturday. This week was Thorsen Family Spring Cleaning, for everyone except Valerie, which is of course too little to do anything but cause more mess… in this case, on Ruth’s U2 records… wonder why they might have...