This is a repost originally shared on Patreon. You can become a patron to receive regular updates on what I’ve got cooking behind the scenes. Confession: Before Christmas Day, I’d never seen The Color Purple. I’ve never told anyone. That’s…
This post is the follow-up to Lighting Dark Skin, Part One: Color and Identity. If you haven’t read that already, check it out. In part one, I mainly focused on color theory. When I originally presented a quick overview of…
I’m writing this post because I feel like I should, but now that I’m here, I don’t know what I want to say. This week, I say goodbye to Coal. I guess it feels strange, because I’ve been waiting for…
I am trying to tackle some last-minute deadlines before I hop on the plane to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. LA has called me at last. I’ve avoided travel the last two years, haven’t been back since I…
After so many years, I’m still getting used to the social media thing. Here I am sitting at home, kicking myself for not taking any photos or videos at the FONA Native Plant Sale today. So alas, you’ll have to…
This topic confused some people the last time I brought it up, so let me be clear. This is an art post about how to observe and paint light and shadow on human figures with dark skin. It is not…
There’s this thing about Twitter. And I know, like, one of the weird quirks of Twitter is you’re in this space occupied by millions of other people the majority of whom you don’t know personally and will never know past…
It’s time for the cover reveal of my latest picture book, WUTARYOO! I didn’t know where to do a cover reveal, so I decided to post it on my blog. You probably didn’t know before now that I had a…
Note: I originally wrote this post in 2013 for another blog, but I still find the contents to reflect my own approach to NaNoWriMo, so I’m reviving the post here on my own blog. Welp, it’s almost November, which for…
I started this blog to stay focused. What I mean to say: I left Facebook and Twitter. It felt like they were consuming too much of my life, and I needed a break. It’s a hard transition. Back in the…