Episode 5 Season 1

yarrrgh!!!

I'm not sure when this will be up. . . I can't get the sound to sync right. . . these podcasts may be more trouble than they're worth.

Picasso And Africa with Second Grade

I tried teaching Picasso from the African Mask angle this year.

After an extensive lesson on West African mask (which I sadly did not document with photographs), we looked at this little powerpoint that I made. (Currently available for free at the Educational Resources …

Outsider Artist of the Week- The Lost Treasure of Lana part 2

MP3 Saturday: RPM Mash-Up

I've been hard at work making new music, so here's three and a half minutes of the first four tracks I started this week.

This song uses the following samples from freesound.org:

suonho_Hypersuspance03.wav by suonho
suonho_Probed.wav by suonho
SW002.wav by Koen

Episode 4 Season 1 (now in HD Ohoooooo!)

Outsider Artist of the Week- The Lost Treasure of Lana part 1

I thought I'd take a break from posting anonymous drawings I find in the waste basket and put up some stuff I made back when I was a wee outsider artist myself.

I unearthed a book full of these relics the other day and had a lot of fun remembering summer afternoons …

February Newsletter

Greetings!

I can't believe its already a month into 2009!

A few highlights from January include:

1. A new podcast with animations, songs and videos about what's going on at grantthomasonline.com. You can subscribe to it in iTunes here or watch it on youtube.
2. An …

MP3 Saturday: After the Mardi Gras

You can now subscribe to the MP3 Saturday in iTunes. On Saturday you'll get the song of the week and on Wednesday you'll get the podcast.

I've been so busy getting ready to have a good start on the RPM Challenge tomorrow, I almost completely forgot to post the MP3 …

Comixtalk Interviews . . . Me

There's a nice interview with me up over at Comixtalk.

The opening section is pretty darn flattering:

"I think Grant has been creating some of the more interesting and challenging comics I've seen in webcomics and his stuff is well worth checking out."

Episode 3 Season 1

In this episode: Humpty Dumpty student stop motion animation- plus Kermit and Fozzie sing "Buy My Car".

You can now subscribe to this podcast in iTunes here.

Romare Bearden Powerpoint Added to the Resources Section

I've added the Romare Bearden power point presentation to the Educational Resources section as well as instructions for setting the presentation to music.

Feel free to change this powerpoint for your own use. It is free to use for classroom and personal use.


Romare …

Outsider Artist of the Week

MP3 Saturday: Sisyphus Under the Stars

I'm gearing up for another try at the RPM Challenge in eight days. My buddy Steve encouraged me to give it a try last year, and it reinvigorated me as a songwriter (it also got me writing again) as well as helped me get some new material.

Here's one of the better tracks …

Episode 2

A "live" version of "Great Rainbow in the Sky" as well as some experimental animations.

Enjoy!

Luxurious Layers of Kimono

I've been piloting a curriculum from the Spurlock Museum called "Luxurious Layers", which is about the many layered medieval Kimonos. Here's a few pictures from some of the lessons. I'll post some of the best lessons from the curriculum when I'm done.

Outsider Artist of the Week

the Confession of St. Peter

Collect for the Confession of St. Peter:

Almighty Father, who inspired Simon Peter, first among the apostles, to confess Jesus as Messiah and Son of the Living God: Keep your Church steadfast upon the rock of this faith, that in unity and peace we may proclaim the one …

update!

For some reason, Youtube kept eating my video yesterday. There's still a few issues to work out, but here it is again.

MP3 Saturday: Buy My Car

First ever video podcast describing what's going on in the world of grantthomasonline.com. I'm not sure if I'll do 'em forever, but this one was fun to put together.

In honor of my car that died this week, I'm re-posting the Car song that everyone loves so much. It is …

Animation Test