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Free Puppy Coloring Page.
Bear and Duck are taking the week off to finish their nap. They’ll be back next week with big, new and exciting adventures… and maybe some more napping. In the meantime here is a coloring page of a cute puppy with a ball. Since the boys have the week off I’d like to take this [...]
read more »Successful Artists are Good Business People.
Can I see a show of hands from artists who are completely happy with the way they are running their business. Okay if you’re one of those people then you can skip this post, it’s not for you. For the rest of us, lets talk. I think it’s about time we stopped hiding from that [...]
read more »Free Stuff Friday, Nap Time… at Last.
Whoot! It’s time for another Free Stuff Friday. I don’t know about you guys but I think I’ve got a cold coming on. I hear it’s going around. Sure wish I was on the beach with Bear and Duck. I hear a day in the warm sun is good for a cold. A good long [...]
read more »Free stuff Frida….er Saturday
Welcome back to another Free Stuff Friday… well technically it’s Saturday but who’s counting right. Wooooooh what a busy week. All kinds of exciting things happening at Bob Ostrom Studio. More eBooks, more eBooks. Don’t worry people I hear you shouting I have lots more eBooks on the way, and ...
read more »3 Steps to Better Character Development
Character Development. Interesting characters make for great illustrations and better stories. By creating fun and engaging characters we are able to capture the reader’s attention and keep them interested. A strong group of characters can help a mediocre story but weak cast of characters can sink a story like a ...
read more »Free Stuff Friday – Too Tired to Nap?
Yeeeeeehaw it’s time for Free Stuff Friday. Poor Bear and Duck they’re just plain tired. They ate too much ice cream and now they are just looking for a place to sleep it off. If only they could find a cool quiet place to take a long afternoon nap. I wonder if they’ll be able [...]
read more »Children’s Book Illustration and the Value of a Good Critique.
My first children’s book illustration class of the new year is coming up on January 21st. This one is a two parter. The first class is on January 21st and the second will run the following week on January 28th. It is an all levels class and each session is about 3 hours long. You [...]
read more »Free Stuff Friday Nap Time
Hooray it’s time for another Free Stuff Friday. I hope everybody had a great holiday and enjoyed the free eBooks I posted on the site. If you haven’t picked your books up make sure to head on over to the How 2 Draw site and download them for free. So it looks like Bear and [...]
read more »How to Keep your Comments from becoming Spam.
Today I received a comment on my blog that was three sentences long. Two of the sentences contained links back to the writer’s “favorite websites”…her own. Rather than get angry or flag it as spam I thought I’d take a quick second to post a tip for folks who are new to the commenting ...
read more »Happy Holidays Free Downloads
Happy Free Stuff Friday. Bear and Duck are taking this week off for Christmas. Hopefully they are feeling better after eating all that ice cream last week. Instead for today’s Free Stuff Friday we’ll be featuring a holiday word search puzzle. If you are a fan of my How 2 Draw site you might have [...]
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