Category: watercolour
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Foliate Heads or the Green Man?: Subjects that Fascinate Me, Pt. 2
In my last post I outlined the story of how in my teen years my love for the DC comic book character Swamp Thing nurtured a fascination with the English folkloric Green Man. This fascination naturally lead me to a discovery of “Foliate Head” carvings in medieval English architecture.
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“Draw something from your mind”: Subjects that Fascinate Me, Pt. 1
The Subjects that Fascinate page on my art website has changed little over the past few of years. The page was never meant to be an ongoing and exhaustive listing of things that “fascinate” me but only a sample of a few subjects that have seized my attention and inspired…
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from the VAULT #2
During our family walks through Point Pleasant Park, I would often tell the children stories about our favourite spots in the park: the…
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canscaip 2020 VIRTUAL ART SHOW
On Saturday, October 24th, the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) hosted an Artist Talk to…
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sketching with EMMA FITZGERALD
If you haven’t discovered the whimsical work of Emma Fitzgerald I encourage you to visit her artist site…
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watercolour WOLPERTINGER
Recently I’ve been working on character designs for a graphic novel. One design, contributed by my youngest, was a sketch of a rabbit…
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billy goats GRUFF
After trying my hand at reproducing some of Barbara Cooney’s art from Christmas Folk, I thought I’d try reproducing something that was a…
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art of BARBARA COONEY
Every Christmas my wife reads Natalia Belting’s Christmas Folk (1969) to the children and we all love looking at Barbara Cooney’s…
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the VAULT
Spring is one of my most creative seasons of the year (Autumn being the other) when not only do I produce a fair amount of work, but…
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down on the FARM
Ross Farm Museum is a living heritage farm where the interpreters dress in period costume and perform the daily duties …
Robert Martel | Illustrator 