Brian Anderson's Blog, page 229

Paintings and illustrations, oh my.

So I popped the first DeD oil pastel painting up on ebay. Just hours later, someone placed a bid. I was a bit thrilled as I wasn't quite sure if it would sell. But now, the fact that someone actually wants it makes me happy. The second painting is finished and will be in the shop soon. And there are some new strips on the auction block too, including the silent batman one from a few days ago ( a few weeks ago in newspaper years):

http://stores.ebay.com/dogeatdougcomicartshop

And as the re-re-re-re-written and revised chapters for "The Conjurers" pitch nears another trip back to my agent, I'll be blogging the process for the next sample illustration here:

http://www.theconjurers.com

Other than that, I am now completely addicted to oil pastels. It's hard sneaking in the time to work with the messy little crayons and also study up on the medium. But I'm getting there. They are joyful to work with, and are the closest thing I've found to splashing light on a canvas. They do tend to push you towards a more abstract or graphic style, which happily is where I want to go anyway. I'm now also enthralled in the work of Wolf Kahn. You can visit his site here:

http://www.wolfkahn.com/

Maybe, just maybe I'll have the guts to do a picture book with oil pastels. Ironically that is how I wanted "Nighty Night, Sleepy Sleeps" to be illustrated. Alas, I chickened out and painted with an oil pastel style within the safely pixilated confines of Photoshop.

Own Today's Strip

Yup, today's comic happens to be available at the shop:

http://stores.ebay.com/dogeatdougcomicartshop

Second pastel painting.

I do believe I'm hooked on oil pastels.

Art Notes

A few recent original strips are up for sale in the shop. Also, the first DeD oil pastel is on the auction block:

http://stores.ebay.com/dogeatdougcomicartshop

Timby coming to Cafe Press

Thanks to suggestions from readers, I've dropped one of the Timby strips in the Cafe Press shop. I'll post a link once those items are live. And if you're wondering which strip it is, look here:

http://dogeatdoug.com/2010/12/04/timbys-not-evil/

 

http://www.sealfund.org/index.html

New Art for Sale

Since a lot of people have asked, I'll be posting some of the Christmas strips on ebay this week. Also, an oil pastel painting of Doug and Sophie will go up for auction too.

Late on the New Year

Yup. Just got off the road, so I'm starting off 2011 with a late post. Still, happy New Year! I know I'll have a lot of news this year.

Lab chair

Jake and Murphy. Murphy is the chair.

View for the new year

Won't be staying up till midnight on New Years Eve. I'll be going to bed soon after this view.