Mike Hawthorne returns to Art Supply Posse. This is a three-part series. This first part is a chat about creating art and how Mike discovered his talent. Mike has written his first autobiographical graphic novel which he talks about in depth in the second part of this series.

Mike is a comic book artist and graphic novelist mostly known for his Marvel comics of Spider-Man, Superman and Deadpool.

Mike’s gumroad store

https://gumroad.com/mikehawthorne?sort=newest

Quotes:

“Forgive yourself”

“Focus on getting better at drawing one specific thing, instead of everything”

“Look for incremental progress in your art. Be fair to yourself”

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The Brief & Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao is a book that inspired Mike’s friend to tell him he needs to write his memoir

https://www.amazon.com.au/Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar-Wao/dp/0571239730/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3EU9CJRM908I9&keywords=the+brief+and+wonderous+life+of+oscar+wao&qid=1611644262&sprefix=the+brief+and%2Caps%2C331&sr=8-2

Artistic Anatomy

https://www.amazon.com.au/Artistic-Anatomy-Paul-Richer/dp/0823002977/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UKDIHWESHBCY&dchild=1&keywords=artistic+anatomy+by+dr.+paul+richer&qid=1611644443&sprefix=artistic+ana%2Caps%2C338&sr=8-1

How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

https://www.amazon.com.au/How-Draw-Comics-Marvel-Way/dp/0671530771/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X5UZSIRH5GIU&dchild=1&keywords=drawing+the+marvel+way&qid=1611644498&sprefix=drawing+the+marve%2Caps%2C327&sr=8-1

Understanding Comics

https://www.amazon.com.au/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=understanding+comics&qid=1611644558&sr=8-1

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Art Supplies

Strathmore paper

https://www.strathmoreartist.com/home.html

Stillman & Birn

https://stillmanandbirn.com

Kim and Alan talk about using oil pastels

Oil pastels Wikipedia entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pastel

Mungyo Gallery oil pastels  72 box set https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B004WQHYWK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cray-Pas oil pastels https://www.sakuraofamerica.com/product/cray-pas-specialist/

Sennelier oil pastels

http://www.sennelier-colors.com/en/Pastels-huile_88.html

Creative Mark Blending Stumps

https://www.jerrysartarama.com/blending-stumps

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/c/OhuSia

https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackBeanCMS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXeZR1fqYvU

Paper

Canson oil pastel paper

https://www.amazon.com.au/Mi-Teintes-Pastel-Assorted-Colors-Fold/dp/B0024KO2RG/ref=asc_df_B0024KO2RG/?tag=bingshopdesk-22&linkCode=df0&hvadid=&hvpos=&hvnetw=s&hvrand=&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583726549415922&psc=1

SoHo Open Bound Sketch Pads (Great Value)

https://www.jerrysartarama.com/soho-open-bound-sketch-pads

The Paper House Toulouse drawing paper pad

https://www.eckersleys.com.au/the-paper-house-toulouse-drawing-pads

Books I found useful

Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner: Basic Lessons in Becoming a Good Painter

https://www.amazon.com/Oil-Pastel-Serious-Beginner-Becoming/dp/1626548994

All About Techniques in Pastel (All About Techniques Art Series)

https://www.amazon.com/All-About-Techniques-Pastel-Art/dp/0764151053

Alan Trautman and Kim reflect on their art practice over the past year, highlighting the good bits.
Art Supply Posse is produced by Marcus Clearspring and Kim Cofield.

105: Art Chat with Dana Barbieri

Jane Mills, aka Ivory Ocean, returns to Art Supply Posse to discuss drawing yourself as a cartoon character. Why? Because your character can do things you can’t. Ivory’s character Spacegirl can travel into space, until she can herself. Another, down to earth reason, is to process the struggles of daily life in comic form.

Ivory’s Art, Comics, Zines Website

Ivory’s Instagram

Ivory’s Links

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