Many years ago, I had a lengthy correspondence with a friend in another part of Canada about what constitutes art. His basic argument was that art was not neutral or generic, but was the final product of high achievement: real art was “good” art. That is, art was defined by
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doug at samupress: Refocusing Londontlife
So many petty things got in the way of simply creating, posting, and sharing that the LondOntLife.ca site is shut down. It was a huge frustrating headache to fight my way through some obscure error, time and temperature I would rather have spent drawing. LondOntLife Cartoons will—oh, so easily—tweet directly
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So many petty things got in the way of simply creating, posting, and sharing that the LondOntLife.ca site is shut down. It was a huge frustrating headache to fight my way through some obscure error, time and temperature I would rather have spent drawing. LondOntLife Cartoons will—oh, so easily—tweet directly
Continue readingdoug at samupress: Stop the nonsense
https://twitter.com/dougsamu/status/1388852412501352448?s=12 https://twitter.com/dougsamu/status/1388852412501352448?s=12 It is seminal. Find me there. https://samupress.ghost.io/ghost/#/site
Continue readingdoug at samupress: Stop the nonsense
https://twitter.com/dougsamu/status/1388852412501352448?s=12 https://twitter.com/dougsamu/status/1388852412501352448?s=12 It is seminal. Find me there. https://samupress.ghost.io/ghost/#/site
Continue readingdoug at samupress: Testing at Ghost
Much has been broken over the last months, and since the upgrade to a business level account and domains, these blogs have been nothing but a PITA. Nothing has made tweeting a post with formatted #hashtags simple. I think I have IFTTT back online with the lack of hashtag mark
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Robertson Davies and Alice Walker: A Review By Someone Who Has Never Read A Single Word They Have Written
Such a delightfully warm and witty man, Robertson Davies seems most definitely to be. He looks so severe, when you first look at his face, but then he speaks, and there is such an effusive warmth, gentleness, sensitivity, good-heartedness, magnanimity, graciousness, playfulness, optimism, compassion, humour and wit, that you realize
Continue readingdoug at samupress: On a Cary Grant binge
The moment from Arsenic and Old Lace. Probably one of his best. Overshadows the rest of the marvellous performances.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Artists Want You to Better Know Your Land
A series of thought provoking art works commissioned by Toronto History Museums wants to shake up your understanding of local history. The collective project called Awakenings approaches tales from the past that have gone unheard, or highlight the efforts of people traditional ignored by historians. The project isn’t just about
Continue readingdoug at samupress: The Getaway
Poking around in Procreate. Always loved the selection fill tool in Paper discovered you can set a drawn selection to fill the shape. Play around with some brushes, layers, fills…. working two handed… apply the WordPress oval mask… instant 1950’s Steinberg modern.
Continue readingdoug at samupress: Try something
Testing the wordpress publish ability #idea  So let’s see what happens.
Continue readingSamupress: Bill Blair sketch
Quick sketch with a blunt finger in the new Procreate Pocket on iPhone. Haven’t drawn with a blunt finger in a long time. Minister Blair on screen on AppleTV on CBC Gem live feed.
Continue readingcartoon life: For Procreate Artmash
The prompts were terrarium, monster, cupcake.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Now is the Time to Increase Accessibility in the Arts
Making an art gallery accessible is more than providing a ramp for people to enter, an accessible art gallery ought to include accessible art. The bare minimum a gallery or performance space can do is follow the guidelines around accessible buildings (ramps, floor space, etc.). Over at Art News, Sara
Continue readingcartoon life: I just can’t see it
Just scribble something. Sometimes it works out.
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