A brief account of my methods & purpose.
Tag Archives: artist
ADVICE for CARTOONISTS 💬👁🗨 (The Mini-Comic)
Tips to help you start (& finish) your next comics project, big or small…
Picasso’s PERFECT CIRCLE 🎨 (MINI)
How to build your style around your imperfections.
Van Gogh on Copying 🎨 (MINI)
In September 1889 Van Gogh was painting mostly copies of prints by his favorite artists. Here’s why.
UGLY ART #1: Seeds of Beauty 🌱
In Art, as in Life — There’s a time to set goals, & a time to lean into whatever’s happening & just explore it.
How a Civil War Battle-Sketch Gets Published (MINI)
From frontline sketchbook to front porch reading…
Civil War Cartoonist Mini: “Artists to the Front!”
Featuring the Civil War battlefield artists whose work inspired Freeman Colby Vol. 3…
“New Year’s Day, 1864”
Drawn from a sketch by Edwin Forbes (Jan. 1864).
Teaching Artist TOP TEN Tips!
Each time I do a residency, I remind myself of these useful tips…
“Teaching Artist” Mini 📝💭
Here’s a mini-comic I drew in preparation for a recent panel discussion (“Getting Gigs & Making Work”) at Plymouth State University…
How to Draw Up a Lesson Plan
Mini-comic drawn to accompany a CCS Applied Cartooning seminar on teaching comics:
