Posts Tagged Bob Ostrom
How to Draw a Rhinoceros… Sipping on a Soda
On a sunny afternoon
just a week before June
a rhino stopped by
and I’m not sure why.
I didn’t really think
as I offered him a drink
and then started to draw
he would end up as a rhino sipping soda from a straw
…and that’s the story of the rhino sipping soda from a straw. If you’d like to learn how [...]
Google Docs Rocks
I’ve been messing around with Google Docs a bit lately and decided to try it for a tutorial I built a while back. The original was built in HTML and took forever. It was a ton of work and after I posted it I found a bunch of errors, which of course was heartbreaking. I’d [...]
Changing the Default Browser in OSX
Sorry to all my PC friends this article is for Mac owners only. Okay Mac people here’s the skinny. I love my Mac. It’s a great machine. I’ve been using Safari as my default browser for a little while now and it’s pretty good but I have to tell you, for me, Firefox is the [...]
The Bob O Show Live on Ustream Feb 24th 9PM
The Bob O Show is teaming up with The Artcast Network for a live Ustream show February 24th at 9PM Eastern. If you haven’t seen the Bob O Show before take cover, fasten your seat belts and hang on tight it’s always an adventure.
I’ll be doing a live screen capture (and trying my best not to [...]
My Interview with Carlos Castellanos
I met with cartoonist Carlos Castellanos and artist Fian Arroyo last summer. You might know Carlos from his syndicated cartoon strip Baldo. We had a great time talking about art, marketing and all kinds of stuff. It was a really cool day… plus Carlos was kind enough to buy me lunch at 5 Guys. *Hint- if [...]
What’s a Mini-Canvas?
I’ve been having a lot of fun with these mini canvases lately. Here’s one I did with my class at Jerry’s Artarama. 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, acrylic gel medium, sand [...]
Spider-Bob?
I dig Spiderman. I actually had the opportunity to work on a Spiderman book years ago, along with the help of a some very talented friends. Working on that project was quite a stretch from my normal style. Here’s a more whimsical take on what he might look like if there hadn’t been any style [...]
Demo at Jerry’s Aratarama in Raleigh
Had a great time yesterday doing my art demo down at Jerry’s Artarama yesterday. I met some new friends and did a little bit of painting.
For this demo I busted out the old acrylics and had a blast painting “JellyFish”. It’s been a little while since I’ve done a large canvass. It sure felt nice [...]
It’s Herbie Time !!!
Some of you who have been following me for a while know that for the last 2 years I’ve been working on a series of books called the Herbster Readers. It’s been a huge project with over 750 illustrations.
For those of you who are not familiar with Herbie, he is a little brown bear with [...]
Panda
Here is a Panda I did recently. I used the brush pen to draw him just like I did in the Jerry’s Artarama videos. Then I colored him on my computer using Adobe Illustrator. If you like this little guy please feel free to download the coloring book page at the end of the article [...]
