#nearsightedmonkey

THE ROAD TO LYNDA BARRY, PART 1: A long time ago, I had a T-shirt with a Lynda Barry drawing of a poodle on it. It was my favorite shirt because the dog was clearly furious, with a *mohawk - all shaky with spittle flying off it’s gums (*back then, a mohawk was the hairdo equivalent of telling your grandma to fuck off). To be continued... NEXT TIME ON THE ROAD TO LYNDA BARRY: Who is Ernie Pook and what is a Marlys....

#writingtheunthinkable

4. Haunting. One of the drawing prompts was to draw ourselves as someone who haunts a place. I take very seriously spirits and the evil side of things. It’s no joke, i feel like if I leave the demons alone, they’ll mostly leave me be! BUT, there are other ways to haunt a place than as a spirit creature... here I am a disheveled hobo eyeballing you for a handout. Doing some cartooning exercises ala @thenearsightedmonkey each session included some music, a promoting idea and the direction to pencil first, then ink and color (or wash) 8min 3x5 notecards pen and ink + watercolor #artofmiggy #sketchbook #lyndabarry #nearsightedmonkey #homeless #hobotimes #heybuddycanyouspareadime (at Point Richmond, Richmond, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoNKhtPnXp3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=aujn5kwx7kcz

3. On Halloween as a kid, never dressed up... at least not like most people. I wore a tie and I’ll-fitting jackets acquired second-hand. We didn’t celebrate the holiday (I still don’t) but I will admit, Halloween had an appeal to a kid. Costumes and candy? No wonder people climb into weird white vans. But every year, the Thursday on or before Halloween, CBS aired ‘Its The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!’ At 7:00. We had a meeting every Thursday at 7:30 so I would be dressed and ready to go at 6:45 and soak in every second before mom sAid ‘let’s go!’ She deserves credit for staying on course because none of us would have minded a ‘we’ll go next week. Doing some cartooning exercises ala @thenearsightedmonkey each session included some music, a promoting idea and the direction to pencil first, then ink and color (or wash) 8min 3x5 notecards pen and ink + watercolor #artofmiggy #sketchbook #lyndabarry #nearsightedmonkey #charliebrown #charlesshultz #greatpumpkin #billmelendez #snoopy (at Point Richmond, Richmond, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoM3WaHHmhX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o3y7kcbjl323

2. I watched part of #daysofthunder (Kidman and Cruise 1990) and marveled how Cole Trickle overcame his psychological block by driving through a cloud of smoke. Cinematic smile and uptempo music tell you, ‘he’s gonna be alright!’ Maybe that would work for other emotional scars?! Did you know John C Riley was in this?!? Doing some cartooning exercises ala @thenearsightedmonkey each session included some music, a promoting idea and the direction to pencil first, then ink and color (or wash) 8min 3x5 notecards pen and ink + watercolor #artofmiggy #sketchbook #lyndabarry #nearsightedmonkey #tomcruise #nicolekidman #nascar #johncriley #stockcar #taledeganights #rickybobby (at Point Richmond, Richmond, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoMoVlqnILc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rnshj6kus6zq

Doing some cartooning exercises ala @thenearsightedmonkey Each session included some music, aN idea and the direction to pencil first, then ink and color (or wash) 1. I dreamt of space travel as a kid (I still do) and with incredible regularity I would dumpster dive the appliance-shipper a block from our house and drag home Saturn rockets that were disguised as cardboard boxes. I always dreamt of having a fishbowl for a helmet. My parents always dreamt I wouldn’t abandon my homemade rockets in the rain. 8min 3x5 notecards pen and ink + watercolor #artofmiggy #sketchbook #lyndabarry #nearsightedmonkey #nasa #moonshot #elonmusk #cardboarddreams (at Point Richmond, Richmond, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoMe5eiHdEU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lpyvl5l1wmd9

Profs. Peanut and Frightwig RULE!

Beatrice. head over to www.poorhooligans.com to eventually read. still fixing up the website blah blah blah. All credit to Profs. Peanut and Frightwig for their Workbook 52 life-changer!