Author: Shel Kahn
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Recommended: the Wacom ExpressKey Remote
I want to talk a bit about this tool! It’s put out by Wacom, who make those screen tablets and drawing tablets that you’ve probably seen artists reference online. Wacom are an old, maybe the oldest brand in that space, and while I wouldn’t describe them as hugely experimental, they do have the decades of…
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Skeletons (2010)
Shoutout to Jurie and Andy for sharing this gem with me; deeply british, dry, spooky, sweet, and shows you the tip of the iceberg of a larger occult understanding that is revealed further through rewatchings and the subsequent mulling over you might do at the pub after with a friend.
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Dragon Getting a Pet
Get scrungled, as they say. Watercolour and carbon ink. I decided go back in and see if I can’t push the clarity on this further with gouache and I think it really helped! My photodocumentation is such shit in the winter with no natural light available, sorry. Maybe I’ll scan some sketchbook pages this year!…
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A Brief Guide to (early onset) Wizard Puberty
A Brief Guide to (early onset) Wizard Puberty is a silly but sincere explanation for bystanders of what is happening when their friends become disabled, as narrated by a very tired wizard. This comic has been in progress for over a year now, and will be launching in summer 2025! I’ll build out the preview…
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Garden Path in gouache and neocolor iis
Painted this in short bursts over several years – drew it in 2018, and printed it out on watercolour paper and started painting during the pandemic, and finished it last week. Gouache layered with neocolor iis on cold press paper.
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Concert Photo Gouache Study ft Leprous
7 x 10″ gouache on hot press, referencing my own photos from seeing Leprous in Toronto back in September 2024. The photo itself is much more blue than teal, but bright, saturated light blues are such a challenge to mix with gouache! So i turned the background teal and was able to get the relative…
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Aquarium Gouache Study
4 x 6″ gouache prawn. I decided to try using some drying time extenders – glycerine, watercolour blending medium – to try for more of a wet in wet blend approach, but honestly it was hard to keep the paint thick enough that it wasn’t just running all over the page. Something to retry in…
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Purple Bellflower Study in Oil Pastel
Drawn on very, very smooth paper, a mistake I will not make again. Photo ref taken from my database of plants that I have grown (intentionally or not!) in my garden over the years.
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Newfoundland Boat Study
Painted this gouache study on a 4 x 6 postcard, from a photo I took on a winter visit to St John’s, NFLD, from years ago. I was reminded that much of the appeal of painting in gouache lies in the brush strokes, and the quickest route to intentional brush strokes is to use the…