Tag: artist

  • Evoke

    Evoke

    From the Latin ex-: out of, and vocare: to call out evocare, to call out of, to call from… I’ve been watching the conversation about art these last several weeks with interest. This is hardly the first time the art world has been set on it’s ears. I suspect that the Egyptian art community’s response…

  • Drawing Prompts

    Drawing Prompts

      Having achieved Inktober completness – there’s no winning, in Inktober, just learning and setting daily habits and indulging in a favorite pastime – I was missing the little spark of creativity in my mornings the daily prompt had given me. So I said something in part jest on social media, and my dear friends…

  • MinInktober

    MinInktober

    It’s October, and that means several things. One, my birthday is coming. Which is, ok, not something I fuss over at my age, but this year my gift is extra special so I’m excited. Two, fall foliage and wine-scented days shuffling through crisp leaves and the brief perfection of fall weather… which Ohio is not…

  • Art Stories, with a special guest appearance

    Art Stories, with a special guest appearance

    I was delighted to learn that my daily art yesterday reminded Julie Pascal of a story she had written. You can read it at her blog, and I recommend you do, it’s very good. Like many short pieces, it will leave you thinking ‘what comes next?’ but it’s satisfying in its entirety. The Ship was all…

  • State of the Art

    I was thinking about art this morning. I have so many options. I’ve got my 7″ android tablet, which has nifty drawing apps, and a capacitive paintbrush I bought, although I still prefer my own fingertips on that. I have a pentablet, not an expensive one, but it still amazes me what I can do…

  • Anatomy of a Book Cover

    Dorothy Grant published a short series of articles on her blog that I would like to draw your attention to. She’s the brilliant, quieter half, of the man responsible for one of the best new series of Space Operas coming out right now, Peter Grant. I’ve reviewed his work a few times, and will keep…