Best of Ricky B.: week ending June 2, 2023
This week I posted some of the monotypes I did of Ricky on Saturday along with the usual cartoons and a pastel drawing when I’ll post on social media on Sunday. I think my favorite, though, is the “bonus” cartoon I drew this afternoon from a prompt in Ladysmith...
Noah’s Archipelago: Favorite of the week ending May 28, 2022
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:...
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,...
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....
Noah’s Archipelago: Favorite of the week ending May 21, 2022
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:...
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...
Noah’s Archipelago: Favorite of the week ending May 14, 2022
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...
Noah’s Archipelago: Favorite of the week ending May 7, 2022
I’m posting my favorite of the previous week’s Noah’s Archipelago comics each Saturday. This week, in the midst of Ursula’s coronation-inspired tiara mania, Noah and Ursula go shopping for Ruth’s Mother’s Day present… and some might say Noah’s pick is more a present for him when/if Ruth ever wears...
Clarinets, prints/other artmaking, and the coronation
I guess the biggest news of the week is of course the coronation. I was asleep at the time, of course, but just watched the replay from the Royal Family’s channel: I’m not a big monarchist, though all things considered if you have a decent king, it can be...
New batch of Ricky B monotypes
Popped into the beginners’ printmaking drop in at Ladysmith Arts today and made a few Ricky B. Rat monotypes. All of these have at least 2 layers if not 3; backgrounds first, then Ricky on top. I used ghost prints as well as the usual first pull. The paper...