If planting a garden is an expression of hope, so is making art. Drawing our fav pets with Nadifa, Isorine and the young women of The Esplanade. Organized by @JamiiEsplanade.
Saturday Art Class
Originally published in June 2022 in Blog
Mid-Century Modern Memories
Originally published in June 2022 in Blog
My latest commission is personal for two reasons: 1. It’s a digital watercolour drawing of a mid-century modern brick bungalow that my dad, Trevor, designed back in 1966. The home was demolished by a developer in 2017 and replaced with an out-of-the box McMansion. Thomas Allen (whose devotion to Hamilton’s heritage is beyond beyond) described […]
How I travel
Originally published in February 2022 in Blog
new york, NEW YORK!
Originally published in December 2021 in Blog, Toronto Illustrators
The pooch
Originally published in September 2021 in Blog, Comic, Toronto Illustrators
Today’s Old Master Copy
Originally published in August 2021 in Blog
Look how the dog’s ear drapes over his leg like a neck tie! Today’s old master copy is after P.D. Eastman’s classic 1960 storybook cover, Are you My Mother? P.D. (Phil to his friends) was an American illustrator and screenwriter who trained with Walt Disney Productions and worked with the Signal Corps […]
Fur Bébés
Originally published in June 2021 in Blog, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
I don’t want to be good
Originally published in May 2021 in Blog, Toronto Illustrators
I don’t want to be good (yawn), I want to do good (BOOM!) That means working with doers. One of my latest partnerships is with Lakeshore Arts, a not-for-profit arts organization just down the street from me in Etobicoke. From Monday to Friday, the LSA team is working hard producing an array of arts programming designed to […]
The Ink Spot: learn perspective
Originally published in May 2020 in Blog, Illustration, Pen Jar Productions, The Ink Spot, Toronto Illustrators
THE INK SPOT 🖊 In today’s 60-second art lesson, I’ll show you my very un-mathematical trick for capturing perspective. No rulers were involved! 🎨 If you would like to practice the steps I teach, swipe left and use my Neighbourhood Trampoline drawing as a tracing tool. Or, go crazy and colour the houses! Featured here: the marker magic […]
