Dancing in the rain.

People complain about the rain of the west coast of Canada, but it's the six months of liquid sky that makes this place so beautiful. Let the clouds wash away all the sins of mankind from this paradise, and I will breathe in the clean air and drink the water from the streams. Steel grey, pale blue and forest green are the most beautiful colours this world has to offer, and you will never hear me speak ill of the wet and cold winters I was raised in. Let it rain until the spring washes over me.

Post-it note shuffle

Little in the middle,

Lots of red, and a bit of blond.

My sense of colour has seriously atrophied.

Cintiq

Something from the Cintiq.

Shortage of time

 An excessive amount of workload has been keeping me from my scanning/blogging duties. So, rather than miss another weeks update, I decided to put my iPhone to work.

It's not up to the usual resolution and colour I like to have, but it is a drawing of a lady, so I guess it will have to do.

Happy Thanksgiving and RIP Steve Jobs. Thanks for the stable computers built for artists that allow me to work from home.

Self reference.

Norman Rockwell did a self portrait for the Saturday Evening Post in 1960. I had forgotten about it until I did this drawing a while back. After I did the drawing, something about it was bugging me for weeks, and I wasn't sure what it was. Then it suddenly clicked. I went back and checked out the Rockwell painting and I was surprised how close I was to it. Weird how that stuff rattles around in the back of your head and percolates to the surface. Without realizing it, I had almost exactly copied the composition, staging, and pose. All I did was substitute a naked lady where there used to be a middle aged man.

Not surprising if I had done it intentionally, but subconsciously? What happens if I try to draw the Night Watch, or the Last Supper?

Official mail.

Dear government of Canada,

I apologize for the delay in the return of my census information. Unfortunately I had an artistic mishap involving the return envelope, and was unable to use it.