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How a Civil War Battle-Sketch Gets Published (MINI)

From frontline sketchbook to front porch reading…

Posted byMarek28 Sep 202205 Oct 2022Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colby, Freeman Colby's Illustrated Magazine, mini-comicsTags: alfred waud, artist, Civil War, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, Harper's Weekly, journalism, magazine, mini-comic, mini-comics, newspaper, printing, publishing, Thomas Nast2 Comments on How a Civil War Battle-Sketch Gets Published (MINI)

Civil War Cartoonist Mini: “Artists to the Front!”

Eyewitness artists on the battlefield…

Posted byMarek19 Aug 202223 Dec 2022Posted inComics Camp 2022, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, mini-comicsTags: alfred waud, artist, cartoonist, Civil War, Comics Workshop, edwin forbes, freeman colby, history, History Alive, how to, jonas bacon, mini-comics, newspaper, stick figure, Thomas Nast, winslow homer1 Comment on Civil War Cartoonist Mini: “Artists to the Front!”

“New Year’s Day, 1864”

Drawn from a sketch by Edwin Forbes (Jan. 1864).

Posted byMarek01 Jan 202208 Jan 2023Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: artist, camp, Civil War, Comics Workshop, edwin forbes, freeman colby, history, jonas bacon, quick-draw, river, stick figure, video, virginiaLeave a comment on “New Year’s Day, 1864”

Teaching Artist TOP TEN Tips!

Each time I do a residency, I remind myself of these useful tips…

Posted byMarek30 Oct 201513 Apr 2022Posted incomics, Comics Workshop, Mini-ComicsTags: applied cartooning, artist, education, mini-comics, teachingLeave a comment on Teaching Artist TOP TEN 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…

Posted byMarek07 Mar 201514 Aug 2022Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: applied cartooning, art, artist, education, mini-comics, Plymouth, teaching4 Comments on “Teaching Artist” Mini

How to Draw Up a Lesson Plan

Mini-comic drawn to accompany a CCS Applied Cartooning seminar on teaching comics:

Posted byMarek04 Nov 201404 Nov 2014Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: adaptation, applied cartooning, artist, assessment, ccs, lesson plans, mini-comics, objective, sequence, standards, teaching9 Comments on How to Draw Up a Lesson Plan

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