Blue-eyed Blond - 2: The Creative Process

Doug's comic art fans Premium Gallery features Playboy cartoons, gag roughs and unpublished original art for sale.

Blue-eyed Blond - 2 was posted recently on CAF and will be featured in a new 24-page convention sketchbook - titled Fabulous Faces - scheduled to debut at Fan Expo Canada August 25-28, 2011.

Doug is a Featured Guest at the 4-day convention, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center.

Blue-eyed Blond - 2 was done on 100% cotton, 140 Lb. cold pressed Arches of France watercolor paper using Dr. Ph. Martin's aniline dyes.

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

On the Road: Melk, Austria

While on the 24-mile long picturesque Danube Wachau Valley of Austria - on the way to Melk, we passed the village of Durnstein, home of the castle where Richard the Lionhearted was kept prisoner in 1193.

Doug and I stopped for a break before starting our tour of the Melk Abbey.

The 900-year-old Melk Abbey is situated high atop the granite cliffs of the Danube; the entrance to the massive yellow structure is impressive and beckons tourists to enjoy more splendid Baroque art and architecture inside the complex.

The splendor of the Melk Abbey complex continued with the richly painted allegorical ceiling in the Marble Hall. Our guide pointed out, though, that only the door frames are real marble; most of this large dining hall/ballroom is stucco.

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Playboy Gag Rough Reject of the Week

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PIE Magazine Interviews Doug in Orillia

Sandra Roberts, editor/publisher of PIE Magazine, along with writer Michelle Valencourt and photographer Ian James Hopkins visited Doug's studio recently for an interview/photo session.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner had just been interviewed for an upcoming issue of the Barrie, Ontario based-magazine, so Roberts thought it would be the perfect time to also interview Doug, a fellow Canadian and Playboy cartoonist since 1964.

PIE Magazine is a luxury lifestyle publication, released three times a year, with distribution in major bookstores across Canada and New York City. It can also be found in the rooms of the W Hotel chain.

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

On the Road: Vienna

This year's spring trip was a 15-day river cruise on the Danube and Rhine. Doug and I flew from Toronto to Paris and then on to Vienna, which we'd also visited in the fall 2008.

It's a beautiful city to explore. Our second day there began with a morning tour of St. Stephen's Cathedral, which is situated in the heart of the city and stands on the ruins of two earlier churches, the first being a parish church consecrated in 1147.

We stopped by a stable at the Spanish Riding School and luckily caught a glimpse of a few of the performing Lipizzaner Stallions; the breed dates back to the 16th Century and was saved from extinction at the end of World War II by General George Patton.

The State Hall of the Austrian National Library is one of the most beautiful historical libraries in the world; the library owns about 8 million books and objects, including terrestrial and celestial globes from five centuries.

Although we've been to Vienna before and attended a number of concerts, the music of Strauss and Mozart is always enjoyable; this performance was at the Kursalon Wien.

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Playboy Gag Rough Reject of the Week

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10 x 14 Pencil Rendering

Doug's 10 x 14 pencil rendering of one of his classic lovely ladies is highlighted with an accent wash of color.

He used Dr. Ph. Martin's aniline dyes on 100% cotton 140 Lb. cold pressed Arches of France watercolor paper.

(please note: Our Epson scanning bed is smaller than 10 x 14 so the artwork was xeroxed and reduced before being scanned; therefore, some of the details are not as clear as on the original.)

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Playboy Gag Rough Reject of the Week

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Brown-eyed Blond: The Creative Process

Doug is known for his distinctive, classic lovely ladies; Brown-eyed Blond was recently posted on his comic art fans Premium Gallery - we thought blog visitors might appreciate seeing the development process in bringing one of his watercolors to life.

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Playboy Gag Rough Reject of the Week

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

10 x 14 Pencil Rendering

Doug went back to basics with this 10 x 14 pencil rendering of one of his classic gorgeous gals, highlighted with an accent wash of color.

He used Dr. Ph. Martin's aniline dyes on 100% cotton 140 Lb. cold pressed Arches of France watercolor paper.

(please note: Our Epson scanning bed is smaller than 10 x 14 so the artwork was xeroxed and reduced before being scanned; therefore, some details on the original are not as clear.)

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Playboy Gag Rough Reject of the Week

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)