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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
Everybody Loves Pizza
A squirrel freezes as it was carrying a slice of pizza up a utility pole in South Philadelphia.
Posted in Looking South
Tagged Philadelphia, photography, pizza, South Philly, squirrel, USA
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Finishing something I started…
…a long, long time ago. Over this Christmas just past, I inked in a pencil drawing I drew sometime in the mid-1980s. I found a variation (pictured above) of that drawing which I penciled in 1986. I’m not sure why … Continue reading
Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
Posted in Caturday, News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged cat, cat in window, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, screen, South Philly cats, tuxedo, USA, window
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An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse
I’ve used Strathmore and Canson mixed media sketchbooks and have enjoyed using them, but when I saw that Dick Blick was having a BOGO (buy one, get one) sale on Fabriano 9 inch by 12 inch mixed media pads, I … Continue reading
It Came from the Filing Cabinet
My obsession with a drawing I penciled almost 40 years ago continues and keeps dragging me back no matter what I do. It started when I was trying to organize a flat file cabinet and I came upon the penciled … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter, Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, analog, comic, comics, creature, drawing, hardcore, humor, Illustration, inking, Joe Williams, monster, music, punk, ransom letters, The Cramps, USA
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Tina Garceau • 2022 in review
Today we continue to present Miss Tina Garceau’s ongoing series of collages using five elements. She calls the series The Friday Five and the gallery below represents her work for 2022 which includes Friday Five No. 101 through No. 131. … Continue reading
Canson XL Mixed Media Pad 7 x 10 inches
I’m still working on this sketchbook. It’s not finished, but I thought I would talk a bit about it this week. This is a similar sketchbook to the one I recently finished off in that it’s a mixed media pad … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Canson, Cartoon, cartoons, comics, Cosmic Maaaaaannnnn, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, mixed media, Monsters, pen and ink, Sailor Fude, sketchbook, The Goo Goo Muck, USA
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2023 in review
Today we continue to present Miss Tina Garceau’s ongoing series of collages using five elements. Continue reading
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, Illustration, photo manipulation, Photography
Tagged 2023, artwork, collage, Friday Five, gallery, humor, Illustration, Photoshop, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, vintage photos
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