Category: Scratchboard
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Catsoul
Posted by request…there is more, but this is enough for now. Catsoul is vast and mysterious, containing domestic cats as well as the little fierce wild ones, the great lions and panthers, and the ancient sabertooths and their ancestors. It is the tabby kitten curled up on a pillow, the starving stray waiting on the…
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A Book of Trees in a Dream
I have always wanted to write an illustrated natural history book. It began long ago, when I began to see scientific illustration as more than just an old-fashioned art form, and started to work on it as a spiritual practice. Science. Nature. Art. Spirit. For me there is no division between these things, although Science typically argues otherwise,…
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Happy New Year!
This Happy New Year Kitten is another ink drawing for the new cat fabric that I’m working on. The final B&W version will probably look like this:
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Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice is the quietest time of year in the desert. A deep hush rests on the cool earth, and the pale gold sun warms the air for only a short time at noon. In lucky years such as this one, this also the time of winter rain. Of snow on the highest mountains,…
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Stampbord Drawings
I recently bought a package of Ampersand Stampbord tiles. It contains about 50 assorted tiles in four sizes: 1 x 1 inch, 2 x 2 inches, 1 x 2 inches, and 1.25 x 2.5 inches. (Stampbord is also available in a business card size, which I may try next time). As the name suggests, stampbord…
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Spoonflower Fabric Printing: First Three Test Swatches
Just got my first three 8″ test swatches of my original designs from Spoonflower, the fabric printing company. Spoonflower offers several natural-fiber fabric options. I chose the two that I thought I’d actually use. Colors for these three designs were all picked from the “preferred colors” chart that Spoonflower provides in an attempt to help designers…
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Ironwing Tarot Original Drawings
The Ironwing Tarot is completely sold out and is officially OOP. I have had a few people ask if there are any of the original drawings for sale. This post is in response to those requests. All of the originals for the Majors and Minors have been sold, traded, given away, or recycled, and I…
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How to Draw Fire
The title phrase has shown up in my blog stats every day for about a year. What does fire look like? Regardless of the art medium or style that you are using, you need to be familiar with what fire looks like and how it behaves. Here’s the photo gallery at wildlandfire.com, the ultimate online…
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