by EdKoehler | Feb 27, 2017 | Art and Whimsy
Basic Shapes Some time ago I told you about my deluxe Jon Gnagy Art Kit that I got when I was five years old. Jon Gnagy, the original television art instructor, built everything on the four basic shapes: Cube, Sphere, Cylinder, and Cone. Every drawing uses these shape...
by EdKoehler | Jan 15, 2017 | Art and Whimsy
A Terrible Turn As a children’s book illustrator, I’ve been called upon to create a fair number of images that depict high anxiety, in a whimsical way. The cover shown above was for a fun devotional activity book. Since a number of the devotionals centered...
by EdKoehler | Jan 10, 2017 | Art and Whimsy
Night Movies I like films about space travel. Real space travel. I should explain, with great apologies to most people I know, I don’t mean sci-fi. I liked the original Star Wars.. It was new and technologically dazzling (at the time), but I was more into its...
by EdKoehler | Dec 27, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
Strings, Pipes, and Loud Clashing Cymbals! So what’s with all these cartoony musicians I keep plastering all over social media? Thanks for asking. There is a bit of a backstory for why I do so many musical images, especially since I’m known more for...
by EdKoehler | Aug 28, 2016 | Art and Whimsy
A Brief Note This is my first post in a while. Just as I recommited to posting once a week, I suffered a detached retina, underwent surgery, and went into a fairly slow recovery which is still happening. I’m getting better each day, but the fixed eye is still...
