Tag: Art
cartoon life: On the river
I walk over the Thames south branch bridge on Wellington Road. This tree has been there for quite a few weeks. The colour and feel was right today.
Continue readingcartoon life: TheZazzle store plugs along
Yes, it’s been a while since I added any products. Once a year they drop $50 bucks into my Paypal account, so I really can’t complain. And I have been busy with a shift in emphasis towards Londontlife. I’m not so certain that the editorial cartoons have a wide
Continue readingwmtc: what i’m reading: solitary raven: the essential writings of bill reid
I’m supposed to be writing about the Jackie Robinson biography, which I finished weeks ago, but so far I haven’t been motivated to do so. I finished another Wallander mystery — my “in between” book — but the next bio on my list, the new one about Frederick Douglass, hasn’t
Continue readingwmtc: things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #30
At the Port Hardy Library, we’ve been hosting visits from the local First Nations school, from the the Gwa’sala-Nakwaxda’xw Nations. (That is pronounced GWA-sala Nak-wah-da.) The children have been absolutely lovely, and although my contact with them is brief, I’m enjoying it so much. It’s especially wonderful to have the tweens
Continue readingThings Are Good: We’ve Destroyed the Planet, Let’s Leave Something Beautiful Behind
We’re presently living in the anthropocene and it’s all our fault. The effects of industrialization will be felt for thousands of years to come and be evident millions of years from now (found in everything from fossil records to chemicals). There is a good chance that humanity will go extinct
Continue readingcartoon life: On Predictions
I modified my Procreate brushes collections into Fave Inkers, Fave Sketch, Fave Paint, etc. I also realized I could set contained size ranges for various brushes. So I have for lettering now, Script 1 to 5, Script 4 to 15, and the original fat Script in my Fave Lettering set.
Continue readingcartoon life: Doug Putin
Cartoons on LondOntLife are are shared based on a premise that people will maybe use and remix them. Here I rework the drawing, running the drawing through Inkwork. I do that sometimes just to see what variety it produces. Then popped back into Procreate for some painting. Here, our Provincial
Continue readingThings Are Good: How San Francisco Helps Culture Survive Gentrification
Major cities around the world continually grabble with the complexity of gentrification, at the recent World Cities Culture Summit San Francisco shared what they do. One of the city’s approaches is to protect cultural organizations that are unique to their neighbourhood. The idea is to protect what makes the city
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Tips for Printing Photos to Canvas
The reason why most people prefer canvas printing is because it is more attractive and it offers a good alternative to the posters. Sourcing a good canvas print from a reputed company can provide you with a grand experience of seeing the original masterpiece. Another good thing with canvas prints
Continue readingcartoon life: Easy to taste Art History with Waldemar
I am intensely enjoying Waldemar Januszczak‘s art history episodes on YouTube. I started with https://youtu.be/M4o1dc41r28 , his Dark Ages: An Age of Light, and YouTube rounded up https://youtu.be/M4o1dc41r28 Baroque: From St Peter’s to St Paul’s. There seem to be quite few. more. Having completed a binge watch of Tony Robinsons’s
Continue readingcartoon life: Four heads
Wow. Picked a neglected brush in a Procreate and drew these (bragging) with no underdrawing, but direct. All lively accidents intact.
Continue readingcartoon life: Getting Out of the Byron Bubble
The View from Oxford & Maitland In my very first column, I wrote about living in Byron in good ole London Ontario, a very busy life and how I was oblivious to and ready didn’t care as to what was happening in the rest of the city. I am not
Continue readingcartoon life: Sometimes, in between.
A four panel comic for Sammy. I got a copy of Polarr Deep Crop (iPad) and one of the things it does is this four frame collage with a chosen image cropped in various ways. The AI chosen crops for this structure seem random, but they seem to have a story
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: Susan Jephcott’s “Onà:ke, Canoes, etc.” show at the AGCC
. Photos from Susan Jephcott’s “Onà:ke, Canoes, etc.” show at Vankleek Hill’s Arbor Gallery & Cultural Centre “The canoe is an international symbol of communication. It was invented before the wheel! The oldest canoe is currently in Holland, it’s 8,000 … Continue reading →
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