Early look at the comic coming out later. I sometimes find it super helpful to imagine my past, present, and future selves as these three completely autonomous beings. It’s helpful when I need to lay blame on someone for being wide awake and over caffeinated at 4am. I WISH this were an exaggera...
2020-07-29 17:10:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons!
I'm still gathering all your books for our collective Shelf Portrait (see my previous post and send me your book picks if you haven't!) That one will be a bit of a longer creation process so expect those perks in September alongside back to school (whatever weird form ...
2020-07-27 16:57:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello beautiful patrons,
Just posted this wee comic and wanted to pop it in here. I’ve been feeling very slow moving lately - sluggish and overheated and a little low on inspiration. My usual sources of input are pretty limited at the moment and I’ve had to remind myself to k...
2020-07-25 22:35:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey beautiful Patrons.
Wanted to load this video for you guys here before it goes on any socials. I was delighted to have Ottawa Markets ask me to paint one of the giant Tulip Festival tulips. Every year, a bunch of local artists repaint these big ol' beauties and I had so much fun doing it...
2020-07-17 00:24:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s time for the Patron-Exclusive comic!!
I’ve been a bit squirrelly lately. The way that we seem to be pulling out of pandemic, slowly easing restrictions and opening the world back up is so heartening. But it also constantly begs the question if I’m doing enough, taking enoug...
2020-07-15 20:14:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely folks.
It is SWELTERING hot in the studio these days. My heat-addled brain has been coming up with some strange ideas. One of my personal favourites has been the Self-Portrait Stack. I was looking at my bookshelf, which has been much edited in recent years. The books that I kee...
2020-07-10 16:32:57 +0000 UTC View Post
A new Skill Share class has just gone up all about making comics for creativity. You don't need anything more than a pencil and paper for this one so no trip to the art supplies store required.
This three panel comic is an exercise I use when I'm feeling creatively stuck or uninspired...
2020-07-06 17:48:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I posted a comic a little while back about wasting time and the things I do that actually help me think. Fun fact, that little comic actually started out as a teensy weensy zine I made during a Creative Mornings session.
Thought I'd share the little video here as well since you all re...
2020-07-03 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time it's time for desktop and phone backgrounds! These socially distant dinosaurs are here to remind us of the simple things we can do to stay safe and healthy and like...NOT contribute to the global pandemic. Cool dinos right?? As always, if you need a size or setting for a device you don'...
2020-07-01 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
July perks are coming together. Get ready for Socially Distant Dinos!
Wanna send someone a little mail-art love? Let me know before July 1st if you’d like to gift your perks this month in either of the mail tiers!
Big love and stay safe!
B
2020-06-27 12:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello beautiful patrons!
The June Sketchbox arrived and wanted to share the little video I made about it here before it goes out on socials. This box of supplies was a very graphite-heavy set which always makes me think of portraits.
I've been rocking out to Lizzo lately so want...
2020-06-23 13:39:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Wanted to share this little comic with you guys first before I put it out on socials. Just a wee reminder to myself and others to REMEMBER TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF DANG IT!
I will shake my fist of fury and raise my voice SO MUCH! You’re WONDERFUL!!! And deserving of care! DANG IT.
S...
2020-06-18 12:19:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons.
I posted a little while back with the portrait I did of George Floyd but I knew I wanted to make this month's Patrons-only comic on the subject of the The Black Lives Matter movement as well. At first I just did a ton of frantic research because I felt so under informe...
2020-06-15 15:00:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends. This painting of George Floyd went up on instagram today. I'm working on a bit of a longer comic to post here just for the Patreon fam about the Black Lives Matter movement and some of the things it's already taught me but wanted to post it here too since this subject is (rightly) to...
2020-06-08 17:24:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy June you wonderful Patrons. I for one am not getting nearly as much outside time as I would like so I decided to paint my way out into the world. I turned these loose landscapes into desktop and phone wallpapers that you can download from this post. As always if you need a different size or...
2020-06-01 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I made a Skillshare class and I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
If you’re not familiar, Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes on all kinds of topics.
I made this little Intro to Gouache painting, where we make a super simple mixed media landscape...
2020-05-30 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sketchbox time! I wanted to share this here first before it goes out on socials. I don't usually do the MerMay drawing challenge but since the world is still so very very strange I figured I'd take a nice simple inspiration for...
2020-05-27 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello beautiful patrons.
I've been a wee bit obsessed with Goldfinches lately. Why?? Who knows.
Birds always, Goldfinches lately, reasons never.
I posted this photo on socials but wanted to share a little behind the scenes here just for you folks. I looked it up afte...
2020-05-23 23:25:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely Patrons - I hope you had a lovely restful safe and healthy long weekend. Do long weekends still count as long weekends in quarantine? I mean the sunny warm weather and relatively murder-hornet free days certainly FELT like a lovely rest to me!
That said, I’ve definitely been ...
2020-05-20 01:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday beautiful Patrons.
I hope your having a socially distant, safe and healthy week. As the weather gets warmer it’s getting harder to stick to the safety precautions but I’m doing my best. I hope you are too. I post these longer form comics for patrons only because they tend t...
2020-05-15 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello lovely patrons.
Wanted to share a little peek at those landscapes I've been working on. I loved making the video sharing the behind the scenes process of that one landscape in the centre, but I also like to show the sheer volume of trials and errors that are behind any piece.
Th...
2020-05-12 20:48:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey listen, any day my socks match is a BIG DAY. What’s gettin’ you guys out of pyjamas these days? If the answer is nothing hey that’s okay too! Your perks should be landing right about now and I hope you guys have as much fun with them as I did making them. Remember to pat yourself on the...
2020-05-08 01:33:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey beautiful Patrons! I am loving trying out these landscapes but man are they ever out of my comfort zone. Wanted to put up this little video over here for you folks first before it goes out on socials.
I had so much fun doing that sketchbook spread one I shared with you guys so wanted to...
2020-05-03 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Little peek at the sketchbook spread from that landscape I was working on. Taking painters tape off the edges is definitely my favourite part.
In other news, landscapes are hard!! I’m working on another one and filing the process so we can all watch me struggle together.
Truly thoug...
2020-05-02 11:57:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Ooooookay okay okay SO. It's getting really nice outside AND I am finding it progressively more difficult to maintain the safety precautions in place as a result. Ottawa is a city that experiences DEEP winter so when it gets nice I want to GO BE IN THE NICE.
That said, I've been doing...
2020-05-01 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to share a little early look at the first stages of some sketchbook studies. My sketchbooks are sort of a mixed bag of more finished pieces and some cringe-y behind the scenes stuff. This little landscape is in the early stages which is always a little wonky looking but also sometimes my...
2020-04-30 18:22:11 +0000 UTC View Post
For the moment it isn’t an option to go out into the world and just hang out and draw people and places. This is certainly the smallest of problems in the grand scheme but it’s one I needed to solve for myself nonetheless.
One of my favourite sketching options has always bee...
2020-04-28 19:05:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay full disclosure I did not, in fact, give myself an accidental bald patch. Also having fluffy curly hair means it’s already kind of just going in all directions so you can get away with a lot. That said, it IS very satisfying to chop off a bunch of your own hair. Maybe I shouldn’t go so f...
2020-04-27 17:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Monday you wonderful folks!
Didn’t speak moistly this weekend did you? Oh good I’m glad. Just sharing a sneak peek of one of the sticker designs for the coming April perks.
There are so many new strange habits to get used to these days and it’s been on my mind a lot late...
2020-04-27 11:35:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Wanted to put this little gem of a moment here for Patrons only before it goes out on socials later today.
Fun fact: I've cut my own hair many a time with varying degrees of success and it's one of the true advantages to carrying around this hairbeast. Chopping your locks can be perce...
2020-04-23 16:11:44 +0000 UTC View Post