Click on the images to see a larger version: Sometimes I remember to take pictures of the process. And sometimes I do not: There was fun playing with pastel pencils: And an experiment with a lino cut and print: And I got to hang out for a few weeks with this little chap, by blowing […]
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After a long time away from this little blog, I returned and noticed this old post sitting there patiently in draft. I thought I might as well publish it, so you get something to look at while I cobble together the next one. After almost a year in the job (and a marathon that ate
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Here’s the second week of my participation in The 100 Days Project. As I mentioned last time, I’m focusing on copying faces in (Japanese) manga. The second week I am still on a Tezuka Osamu kick.I switched to the sumi ink during this week: less feathering, less bleeding through the page so I can draw
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I’ve decided to join The 100 Day Project and since it started on 18 February, I’m already well on my way, with 17 small pieces completed. My chosen project? Copying faces from manga, inking them with sumo ink and a proper pen (Blanzy-Conté-Gilbert — № 423 Plume Atome) and touching up with two small brushes,
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Oops! Missed pancake day on the blog! We celebrate on 2 February (Candlemas), but a lot of the English speaking world celebrates Pancake Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday on the day before Ash Wednesday, i.e. just a few days ago. As one person on Mastodon pointed out: Pancake Tuesday implies the existence of a Pancake Wednesday,
As I was cleaning up my digital files, I noticed that some of Squirrel’s adventures from 2023 haven’t made it to the blog yet, so I thought it’s about time I caught you up. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll have seen some of these before but there is one new one! All images
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