by EdKoehler | Oct 23, 2017 | Art and Whimsy
I’m in an astronomical mood once again. Some time ago, earlier this year, I drew Astronomy Girl, that big-headed kid gazing up at the stars. That was followed by last month’s Corn Moon, the big orange moon waking from a daytime sleep to light up the night....
by EdKoehler | Jun 20, 2017 | Art and Whimsy
A Curious View of Life Last week Judy and I were in Denver, CO. Sunday was our last full day and we wanted to do something fun and special. After dining at Pizza Republica, a nice Italian Trattoria downtown, we moseyed over to the Denver Arts Center. The Ellie...
by EdKoehler | Jul 5, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
Tony the Tiger ©Kellog Company Are Saturday morning cartoons still popular? In my youth they were the indispensable kick off to the weekend reprieve from reading, writing, and arithmetic. My earliest visual and narrative memories are cartoons. Perhaps like you, I...
by EdKoehler | May 31, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
Welcome to Art and Whimsy This is the first post in my new blog on the type of art I know best, whimsical children’s art. I use whimsical in a rather broad way to describe children’s art. The illustrations that fill my career can be categorized as...
by EdKoehler | Feb 19, 2014 | Movie Still Sketchbook
From time to time I post a sketch from my “Movie Still Sketchbook”. This one is Gregory Peck as Ahab in Moby Dick. This was drawn on my MacBook Pro using my Bamboo tablet and Sketchbook Pro. My studio work is on the professional Wacom Intuos tablet using...
