Avram's journal

In an attempt to get my art juices flowing, I bought some tiny (3x5 inch) pieces of canvas board to use to just jot down random paintings. Not necessarily paintings of anything, just, you know, priming the pump. Also, it’ll help me get more practice in handling the paint. I seem to have lost a little of my knack for mixing colors — I was aiming for a brighter purple in the floating shapes in the one with the gold background.

Turns out I only bought two of the little bitty canvas boards (I’ve got larger ones, but working larger would defeat the purpose of the exercise), so I’ll have to pick up some more tomorrow. They’re cheap.

Whole lotta good comics came out today: Filth #3, Finder #27, Powers #22. The third issue of Paul Pope’s 100% was good, but I liked #2 better. New X-Men #130 was disappointing; the art is pretty bad, and Morrison doesn’t seem to be putting as much effort into the writing. I also got the Three Fingers graphic novel, but haven’t read it yet. And Fables #4 will probably be my last issue, even though Willingham is revealing the resolution of the mystery in #5; I just don’t care.