I was asked by the Lubbock Arts Alliance to do an illustration to be given to the winning team of “Cake Aces” at the cake competition at this years Lubbock Arts Festival. I like how he turned out. This was all watercolors/pitt brush pens and a little bit of airbrush and white acrylic paint for highlites.
-Will
It’s been a while since I did an actual illustration (been a while since I had time!) But I finally wrapped up all of my 2011 projects just in time for the new year. What a relief!
I started this last night, and finished it up today. That makes it officially my first drawing of 2012. Hopefully this year will be as blessed as last year.
This painting will be at the Intersections: Art and the Body art show this Friday from 6 – 9. I’m putting it up for sale for $250. Email me if you’re interested.
The painting is watercolor, pen and airbrush on 12×8 bristol board.
-Will
I did an interview this week with the Lubbock newspaper about the Sketch Club and the art show we have this Friday on the First Friday art trail at the hard tops gallery. I am really stoked about our art show! Our artists did a great job getting it together. We’ve got a great group of artists showing their work, and we have some really fun stuff planned with the comics stuff. If you get a chance you need to come out! Hard tops is the best gallery on the Lubbock art trail. So don’t miss it!
Additionally… I was asked to do the cover to the “GO!” section since we’re the featured article. Here is what will be on the cover this Friday! Make sure to pick up your copy!
-Will
This is a short video from the other night. It was the Artist Trading card sketch night at Varsity book store. The Lubbock Sketch Club showed up to trade artist cards with the public. Mostly it was just an excuse to hangout with each other and trade cards with each other. Lol. It was fun though.
-Will
It’s another great year with the Lubbock SketchClub. As we enter our third year we have a lot of our regular goodness, plus some all new awesomeness in store. Here are a few highlites for January!
FIRST FRIDAY ART TRAIL
“Freedom of Expression” Art Show – Local artists showing off their unique styles in one show from 6 – 9 pm, THIS FRIDAY!!!
Where: Stray Dog Gallery 1917 Buddy Holly Ave. For more information, please contact Jenn Adkins at bakkacreative AT gmail DOT com
FIGURE DRAWING GROUP
The Sketch Club figure drawing group is back and we will be meeting NEXT Wednesday (Jan 7) at the garden and arts center 6:30 til 9:00. Cost is $7.00 per artist. These sessions consist of several quick warm-up poses, some 5 minute poses, ending in a few longer poses. Also we will be alternating between nude and clothed/costumed models from week to week. If you have any questions please contact Robert Garza super1701b AT gmail DOT com
SKETCH NIGHTS
There’s nothing quite like drawing with friends. If its been a while since you’ve felt inspired or just had fun drawing? Come out to the sketch night and get in on the creativity! It’s free! Just bring your sketchbooks, pencils and an attitude of fun! Join us every Saturday from 7-10pm at Freebirds World Burrito at 4930 S. Loop 289!
STAPLE
If you are planning to attend STAPLE in Austin as an exhibitor in March, it is important that you put in your application as soon as possible. Prices go up on the tables January 31st, and it was about this time last year that the tables sold out. So get in now! I’ve bought a table for myself and Amber, as well as to promote Lubbock’s own comic book Expo – coming Saturday May 2nd, 2009!!! If you would like to find out more about STAPLE, visit their website here… http://www.staple-austin.org
STORE SIGNING and ABILENE SKETCHCLUB
I will be doing a guest artist signing at Premiere Comics in Abilene TX (3458 Catclaw Dr.) Thursday January 22nd. I’ll also be hanging out with the Abilene Sketch Club that evening if you’re in that area and want to drop by. I hear they have a great group going in Abilene, and I’m looking forward to checking it out. If you’ve been wanting to give it a try, this will be a great chance for you to get into the mix. www.myspace.com/abilenesketchclub
AS ALWAYS…
Visit our website for more information!
www.elsketchoclubo.com
Keep smiling!
-Will Terrell
This is the final call for the comics workshop this Saturday. We have about 15 people signed up and it looks like things are ready to roll. If you would like to attend its still not too late, just make sure to show up before 8:45 or sooner Saturday to pay and get checked in. If this demonstration workshop goes well we may expand on one or two of the classes to do full day workshops in a few months, depending on how we do and what you all think. But first things first…
the Comic Workshop:
This SATURDAY August 9th, 2008
From 9am to 6pm
Garden and Arts Center
4215 University Avenue
Lubbock, Texas
$25 dollar entry fee – this covers admission to all classes and all materials and meals. This is an all day event; though you do not have to be present for all of the classes it would be cooler if you were.
Bring your check or money order to the Sketch Club Nights. Will or I can take your check for the Workshop.
Schedule for the Day:
8am- Instructors and Volunteers Arrive, Set up begins
8:30am- Hospitality Suite Opens, Set up Complete
8:45am- Breakfast snacks for the early arrivals
9am-10:45am- How to create an illustration from concept to finish
11am-12:45pm- Laying out a comic book page
12:15am- Lunch Set up in Hospitality Suite
12:45pm-2pm- Lunch
2pm-3:45pm- Digital coloring/lettering
4pm-5:45pm- How to Ink
6pm- Close down begins
6:30pm Close complete
7pm- Volunteers go home
Snacks and drinks available all day.
See you all Saturday!!
-Will Terrell
So… anyone live in Columbus Ohio? Know someone that does? I bought a plane ticket last night to fly out there for the last weekend of Jeff Smith’s Bone and Beyond art show and I have never been out there, have no idea what my plan is. All I know is this is a once in a lifetime show, and I will be kicking myself for years if I miss it. I bought the book hoping that would sate my appetite, but it only made it worse. Seeing THESE pictures just put me over the top. Carl Barks, Walt Kelly, Charles Schultz, George Herriman, Garry Trudeau original art, along with all that beautiful Jeff Smith work. I just can’t miss it. So if you have any suggestions for getting around, let me know. It will be much appreciated.
-Will
STORE SIGNING – Thurs March 27th
My newest comic book the Goblin Chronicles came out this week.
I was the colorist for this three issue series. I am doing a store signing
at Star Books and comics (2014 34th st) Thursday 3/27 from
10am to 5pm. Be sure to stop by and pick up a copy, you can also
buy a raffle ticket for some of my original art, to help raise money
for the Lubbock Comic Book Expo.
24 HOURS IN LUBBOCK – Friday 28th – Saturday 29th
Also coming up, Friday 3/29 at 9:30 pm is Lubbock’s first official 24 hour comic event.
The Lubbock 24-hour comics challenge!
Doors open: Begins: Friday, March 28th at 9:30pm (Asbury Center /
Hope Shalom off of 19th and Ave T) Doors close at 10:00pm, sorry
no latecomers.
Ends: Saturday, March 29th, at 10:00pm (Freebirds World Burrito
on South Loop 289)
What is a 24-hour comic?
The ultimate comicbook creating marathon. A virtual rite of passage
for any comics creator.
All you have to do is make something that usually takes 24 days in 24 hours…
Make a comic, 24 pages (+ cover) in 24 hours from start to finish. No
preparation, outlines, layouts, character designs, or script.
For information or to sign up, contact Brandon at 24hoursinlubbock@gmail.com ART SHOW - Friday April 4th<br> "Drawing on Inspiration! The Lubbock SketchClub art show and Sketch Night! The First Friday art show where YOU are part of the fun! Visitors are invited to view the groups exhibit of cartoons, comics, and fine arts, check out the costumed figure drawing demonstration in the studio, and Sketch with the artists in the Sketch Club classroom. Located on the third floor of the Asbury/Hope Shalom building at 20th and Ave T, room 301, Friday April 4th from 5-10pm."
I did these for an art show (…and for one of my favorite people). The art show is the SketchClub first Friday art trail showing this Friday from 6-9pm at the Hard Tops Gallery 2228 Buddy Holly Ave. Come visit us… if you dare~!
This has been an awesome year so far. I’m having a blast with all the stuff we’ve got going on. I’ll give you a run down of whats on my plate these days. I’m sure this isn’t even all of it either.
Comics in the Classrooms.
One of my goals this year was to do community outreach to give kids in this region a path towards making comics for a living. So far I’ve talked to about 300 kids at several Jr Highs and Elementary schools and one High school. I’m scheduled to talk to Hutch Jr High in a couple weeks and more to come after that. My favorite part is running across those kids that you can tell this is exactly what they needed – they’ve got some skills, lots of heart, and an attitude to learn. I hope to give them what my friends and I didn’t have when we were their age. Direction, challenge, and real opportunities.
Young at Art
The Sketch Club started our after school program a few weeks back. The results, so far, are promising. Our first session only had one kid, lol. It was a good start, in that it gave the four of us teaching, the opportunity to get an idea of how it will work once the group starts to grow. Plus it was cool teaching in our newly muraled studio. After that first session, I called up the elementary school across the street from our studio and came to talk to all of their art classes about doing comics. We had 26 kids show up the next session!
We’re developing the program as a prototype to eventually start after school comics creator clubs at all the local schools using volunteer instructors from the Sketch Club. With a comics group, comprised of all the clubs, meeting at our Studio on Saturdays for classes, to really solidify the community and program. This is a long term strategy though. Over the next 5 – 10 years as we continue to grow.
Sketch Nights
The other part to all of this of course is the Sketch Club. The Sketch Club has been amazing. We have 30-50 artists show up every Saturday to our sketch nights. And this Saturday I experienced a new part to that. It was my first time to really ever NOT show up to a sketchnight (because I was hired to do caricatures for a party). So when I finally get to the group about an hour before closing, its in full swing and I could tell I didn’t even need to show up this time. Something I couldn’t have even considered doing even just a few months ago. It shows how quickly this group is maturing. I’m lucky to have so many awesome artists anchoring this endeavor.
Comic Book Expo
We’ve also been meeting regularly to plan for Lubbock’s first ever Comic Book Expo!!! I didnt know if this was going to work out when I first started pushing for it. But things – and most importantly people – seem to be falling into place to make this happen. We have a venue, provided by the Science Spectrum of Lubbock. We have a date May 3rd (Free comic book day!). We have people, and we have a plan. This is an educational comic expo. Since Lubbock is not known to be a comic book town, we are starting small, by educating the general public about what comic books are, how they’re made, and engaging them with our own budding comic book creators community – while giving those creators opportunity to put themselves out there.
Our intention is to lay the foundation over the next five years for a thriving creators community, and marketplace to support them. We’re starting to get some real connections with this too. Sponsorship inquiries from the University, and their 3d animation program at the Library. We’ve also had some interesting Chamber of Commerce connections, and some solid retailer endorsements. About the only thing we’re lacking is finding guests. Which is not the drive of the endeavor. Unless you guys know of someone who is interested that might make a good guest. Otherwise, we will be ok with however it works out. This is foundation building, after all, not a fanboy show. I think that was the mistake other organizations in this town have made. You have to build your base first in order to sustain it.
The coolest part, is that the best is still waiting in the wings. I can’t wait to tell ya’ll about the other cool stuff that’s going on.
for more information on the sketchclub, visit our website at www.elsketchoclubo.com
-Will