Month: May 2023

A few Gelli plate monotypes of Ricky B. Rat

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,...

Planting, spraypainting, and a random selfie

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...

Best of Ricky B.: week ending May 26, 2023

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....

Best of the Bono Mouse sketchbook: week ending May 22, 2023

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...

Prints, pastels, and 1990s Pyra really shoulda kept better records

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...

Best of Ricky B.: week ending May 19, 2023

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...

Best of the Bono Mouse sketchbook: week ending May 15, 2023

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...

Noah’s Archipelago: Favorite of the week ending May 14, 2023

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...