Greg the Dog.

was doing a little writing the other day and decided that one of the characters I was writing about needed a face. So here’s Greg the dog…  oh ,and if you’re my brother Gregg no worries this isn’t about you. I even spelled his name differently so there would be no confusion.
Speaking of my [...]

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The Bob O Show is now on the Artcast Network

I just did my 3rd Ustream show last week. I’m not sure I can say there has been a huge leap forward in my handling of the Ustream technology but the future looks promising. Ustream has just released a new piece of software called Ustream Producer. I will be giving it a try before the [...]

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How to Draw a Cat

This was a video I shot last summer at Burning Oak Studios. I posted a link to it earlier but I don’t think I ever actually posted the video itself…. so in case you missed it here you go. Have fun.
If you draw along with me please email me a copy of your drawing so [...]

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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 [...]

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Hairdos and Hair Don’ts (How to Draw Hair for Cartoons).

You’re probably thinking… Hey, what’s this guy know about hair, he has less hair then a naked mole rat . Well that may be true but you don’t have to have great hair to draw great hair. In this lesson I’ll show you some simple ways to make the hair on your cartoon really shine…. [...]

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Artist Trading Cards

I was down at Jerry’s Artarama last weekend to do an art demo on artist trading cards. I met a bunch of terrific artists of all ages and we had a blast.
If you’re not familiar with artist trading cards here’s the idea… they are basically just a  2  1/2″ X 3  1/2″ piece of paper [...]

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How to Draw a Fish

How to Draw a fish.
Just follow these simple steps and pretty soon you will have a friendly fish of your very own swimming across your page.
Mine’s name is Charlie and he likes to watch cartoons. If your fish has a name go ahead and email it to me I’d love to see him….or her… and [...]

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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 [...]

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How to draw a cat.

Here is another lesson from the Jerry’s Artarama videos. This one is about drawing a cat. Have fun.

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Bob Visits a Library Near You…Southgate and Athens

Welcome to another entry of “Bob Visits a Library near you…”.
Wow two appearances in one week? Yep, first I visited the Southgate library on Tuesday  and then I went to the Athens Library on Thursday. I had a blast drawing with everyone. We drew a whole bunch of really fun stuff… cats, dogs, elephants [...]

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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 [...]

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Experimenting with Adobe Illustrator

So I’ve been experimenting with Adobe Illustrator a little bit lately. I wanted to try and find a way to bring some color to the hand inked look I’ve been having so much fun with lately. A couple of weeks back I rediscovered these really cool brush tip markers while shooting the videos for Jerry’s. [...]

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How to Draw a Dog

This is another free art lesson- How to draw a dog. Have fun and don’t forget the free printout at the end.

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How to Draw a Cat

Here’s a quick lesson for all you young budding artists who would like to learn to draw a cat in 5 easy steps. Have fun and …Oh yeah… Hey, don’t forget the totally free print out at the end.

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More Photos from the Video Shoot at Burning Oak Studios.

Here are a few more pics from my video shoot at Burning Oak Studios for Jerry’s Artarama. So far it’s been a blast.

You can find some of the free art lessons posted over at the Jerry’s Site by just clicking this link
Bob’s Free Art Lessons
Special thanks to Rob from Octave Blue for the photographs:http://www.octaveblueentertainment.com/

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