Category: Halloween

Every spell book I drew as a teenager came out looking like a school exercise book with a symbol on the front. The reason turned out to be embarrassingly simple. I was drawing a rectangle. A book...

Most pumpkin decorating guides tell you what to buy and then leave you standing there holding a pen. This one is the opposite. It walks through how to decorate a pumpkin with markers as an actual...

Last October I ran a small drawing session at my local library. Eleven people, mostly beginners, one folding table, and a stack of copy paper. I gave them what I thought was a simple warm-up: draw a...

The first pumpkin I ever decorated with markers looked incredible for about four hours. I'd drawn a whole constellation across it with a set of regular felt tips, thin white stars over the orange,...

A student sent me a drawing two Octobers ago and asked why it wasn't scary. She'd done everything right on paper. Cobwebs in the corners, a bat crossing the moon, a ghost floating in an upstairs...

When it comes to Halloween, there are some classic creatures that always make an appearance. Ghouls, ghosts and witches are all common sights during the spooky season, and often show up in people's...