Saturday was nuts! After 200 hours of planning, priming and painting, Provo City celebrated the new murals along the Provo River Trail with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Joined by dozens of good friends and family, we heard a few words from Provo city mayor John Curtis and council members Kay van Buren and Gary Winterton.…
“How we tell stories seems to be a mysterious process that millions around the world want to be able to do, but 99.9% effectively fail. Why is it so hard for storyteller and audience to be one? What we communicate can change the lives of the writer and the audience. However, why stories matter and…
Can you believe we’re already eight days into November? Crazy. I’ve been participating in this year’s NaNoWriMo challenge to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November, and am well aware of today’s total word count goal of 13,333. If I had been writing an average of 1,667 words per day, starting on…
WHAT IS A STORY IN ITS PUREST FORM? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxJ3FtCJJA Ira Glass of “This American Life” talks about the building blocks of a great story. NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH For those of you that write, you’re probably aware that we are now six days into NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Over the course of November’s thirty…
NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH For those of you that write, you’re probably aware that we are now six days into NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Over the course of November’s thirty days, writers across the globe take on the challenge to write a 50,000 word novel and to keep track of their progress via NaNoWriMo.org.…
For the last six weeks I’ve been painting a second mural for Provo City. After putting in over 200 hours, I finished just before Halloween and thought I’d take some time to post some process photos and talk a little about making the mural. (You can read more about the project and see photos from…
Master pinstriper Glen Weisgerber demonstrates the roundhand lettering technique. Weisgerber teaches pinstriping and lettering at the Airbrush Getaway Workshops.
One of my favorite year-round Halloween songs is “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and made popular by Nina Simone and Creedence Clearwater Revival. The melody is great, the lyrics are catchy and the music is nice and gritty. I’ve worked on a few versions of “I Put a Spell on…