I had a great time last week visiting the Athens Drive Public Library in Raleigh. We had an enormous turn out with lots of super talented young artists attending. We had a ball drawing Big Foot, a cat, a dog named Jack and lots of other fun things. We also played a few drawing games [...]
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Working in Adobe Illustrator CS5
Aside from being a children’s illustrator I also teach classes in Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Adobe InDesign at Wake Technical Community College here in Raleigh. When I was offered the Illustrator class last year I jumped at the opportunity. I’ve been using Adobe Illustrator for many years now. I believe the first version I had [...]
New Children’s Book Illustration Class by Bob Ostrom
I’ve been very busy for the last couple of months putting together my new teaching schedule for 2011. I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve just added two children’s book illustration courses to the line up. The first one starts Saturday, January 29th and runs from 10am -4pm at Jerry’s Artarama in Raleigh. For more info [...]
S.T.A.R.T. Cartooning Classes Coming to Raleigh Area.
START is a new teaching program sponsored by Jerry’s Artarama in Raleigh. I will be teaching with START beginning in January next year. I am really looking forward to the idea and hope to be adding a bunch of new classes soon. If you haven’t heard of START yet you can find more info on [...]
Mini Canvas
I’ve been having a lot of fun with these mini canvases lately. Here’s one I did with my Jerry’s class. These things are great. Our theme for the last class was Under the Sea (I thought it would be fun to do a snail). We used acrylic paint, sharpie markers, clear gel medium, sand and [...]
Speaking to Art Students
I will be speaking to some art students this Friday. I’m sure it will be a lot of fun. I always enjoy talking to people about what I do and warping….er shaping young minds. If you were (or are) an art student what topics would interest you most?
Trading Cards at Jerry’s Artarama
So have you seen these artist trading cards that have become quite the rage. All the kids are talking about them. If you’re not familiar with the concept, here’s the idea… they are basically just a 2 1/2″ X 3 1/2″ piece of paper or board that an artist uses to create an original piece [...]
