Some recent rats and mice
Long time no post, sorry, blah blah blah… I’ll be doing some sprucing up of this joint in a month or two, but in the meantime let it be known my life is still infested with cartoon rats and mice as I work on the first of the Ricky...
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,...
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...
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...
Whole lotta art stuff going on this week
Another week down. I was at a monotype workshop today, pics on that other post. Speaking of Ricky B., it was time to set up his very own Instagram, even if there’s not real followers yet: https://www.instagram.com/ricky_b_rat/ So, on that note, here’s the favorite Ricky sketch of the week:...
A few monotypes of Ricky B. Rat
So I took a monotype printmaking workshop today up in Ladysmith, same place I took the gelli printing workshop last month. (Explanation of monotypes here. We used Akua inks on plexiglas plates and used a press.) Last time I took a monotype workshop, it was at MISSA and I...
Cards, sketches, and new Nick White (for real this time… soon…)
Another week gone by… let’s see here, I started back to clarinet lessons and apparently I haven’t completely forgot everything, just 75%… but hey, maybe that means I’ve forgotten some of my bad habits too. One can dream, right? Well, last week I mentioned my scheme to make handmade...
Some whining and some artmaking
So, last week I was bitching about needing to get my taxes together. I suck at math so I obviously got an accountant to do it (but sure as Hell not the one who had the data breach that led to me having to chase down identity theft stuff...
Prints, rats, and blooms
So, today’s weekly update blog. I spent today taking a gelli printing workshop today up in Ladysmith. I had picked up a couple Gelli plates last year after I took that monotype class at MISSA and intended to get to using them, but kept getting sidetracked. Then I spotted...