Irregular selections from the Possum Life
Promoting your Art with Homemade Stickers
How one tight-wad artist learned to make their own custom designed stickers at home for very little expense.
Working Weeds Into Everyday Meals
Now that we’re into zone 6 spring I got my radish, spinach, kale and cabbage seeds started a few weeks ago, and even with protection from the elements, they’ve only just started germinating a few days ago. I’m not worried. They’ll catch up. Many perennials are waking up now and some are already ready to…
Scavenger’s Helper
Note: the following post deals with the topic of roadkill recycling and contains images of a freshly skinned deer hide and deer meat On February 9th I had my first Turkey vulture sighting of 2022 while driving down rt. 20 through Chautauqua county. I saw two more on March 1st while sloshing over soggy, half…
Drawing with a Grid
When I’m doing a commission, I like to do a grid drawing to ensure accuracy of the subject. Using a grid is not the most fun way to draw, but it does help make a higher quality finished product for the client. Grid drawing is a time honored technique, and it’s a good skill for…
Harvest’s End, More Fungi, and an Update
(note: this entry was started on November 4th 2021, but was left unfinished for far too long!) its now getting chilly here in zone 6a. they’ve already gotten some snow up in the hills. and the temps down here near the lake have been dancing close to freezing. but many flowers haven’t lost hope yet.…
The Other Fall Color
we are enjoying a warm autumn so far here in zone 6a. following heavy rains, I got out to some of my county’s public land to scout for Fungi or whatever else I could find. my primary motivations were to find some subject matter for my upcoming submission for the NSSWNY newsletter, build my photo…
Synapse and Saurops
this week, I’ve been trying to accomplish some worldbuilding and flesh out the characters for my ongoing ETHERNAUTS project. here are some sketches! Most of them are of Synapse, my 3-eyed Lemurian protagonist, but also his hapless hostage Saurops, the Omega Draconian research assistant.
Late Summer at the YARDLAB
The beds exceeded expectations this summer, but I wasn’t expecting much anyway. Last summer I made four new beds from some stump grindings that my neighbor was actually going to pay someone to haul away. Graciously, he allowed me to take as much as I wanted before that happened. From that windfall, I was able…
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