May 2006

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i finished my elephant recipe last night at 4am. i spent a little over 14 hours drawing. most of the time was spent colouring the elephant. you can see the details by clicking the image.

after spending so long colouring the elephant ears, i didn’t want to screw up the orange. i’d never drawn an orange before, so i grabbed an orange from the kitchen and did a quick practice sketch. i usually don’t sketch anything, because the first time is always best anyway.

i’m eating a lot of oranges these days. i got a plastic orange peeler tool that i can wear on my thumb to score the tough skin of the orange. the tart sweet orange wakes me right up, even when i’m tired from drawing all night.

my new drawing’s called: “tough skin, juicy heart”. i’ll be showing it at the broadway art encounter, starting friday.

UPDATE: i’ve made prints of this drawing, and postcards, available in my SHOP.

here are some late night drawings, just after i finished drawing the orange. i was so relieved!

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it’s grey and cold in saskatoon today. so i decided to draw something grey. an elephant!

this is my second time trying to draw an elephant. my first try was in first grade, when i drew two elephants, mother and baby (smiling at me, i was in the picture too). those elephants didn’t fit on the paper. for some reason, i won a school prize for that drawing.
since then, i’ve learned to keep my elephants on the paper. my brother taught me to colour inside the lines by moving the pencil in small circles. i still use that trick.

this elephant’s head is wrinkled and slightly sad. for this drawing, i’m wearing the elephant head as a mask, or maybe a helmet (i got it as a birthday present). i’m drinking orange juice through the elephant head.

i haven’t decided on a title yet.


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UPDATE: it’s called “tough skin, juicy heart

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oh, my darlin’. you like to be inside of me.
happily together with a trout.

freshly drawn today.

UPDATE: i’ve made prints of this drawing, and postcards, available in my SHOP.

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1/4 of trout and 1/4 of me.

i’m drawing this for the broadway art encounter. i’d like to show new works for this event. i still have 3 days or so. i’m a last minute machine.

i don’t like the taste of trout. but i really like the ugliness of it. what’s up with the dark dots?! they need to use a concealer…

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can’t get rid of my headache…

unlike this poor duck, i rarely suffer from headache. only heartache.

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what do i do with this??

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