Rat-Drawn Carriage

This fellow is often referred to as "Hobo Claus" by people who pass by our fridge and see him hanging there. I drew him in class last semester not with the intention of drawing a hobo santa claus, but rather just a hobo commanding a rat-drawn carriage. It makes sense, right? The reason that the rats are in the air is that it was awkward to have them on the ground... Anyway, enjoy-

We have a Winner!

So, all of your comments were really great. I loved reading all of them. For realsies. You were all winners, but unfortunately, only one of you can be the big winner. And first prize goes to... GRANT OLSEN. Not only did Grant guess the most ingredients for Hobo Stew that matched mine, but he also guessed the two ingredients that keep a happy hobo happy- beer and whiskey. Good job, Grant. Just email me at cedricwilford@gmail.com and let me know which four prints you want. As for those who didn't win- don't despair! For your participation, if you buy a print this next week, you'll get another print of your choosing for free. All you need to do is click on my Etsy shop at the right hand side of the blog, order a print and in "notes to seller" tell me that you participated in Hobo Stew and tell me which other print you would like for free. As for Leo... since your ingredients were so rad, you can get a print for free, buddy. Just email me and let me know which one you want. Thanks everyone for participating and being so cool. Keep it happy.

Here's a picture of Grant Olsen in the present...


Here's Grant in the near future...

Happy Hobo Giveaway- A Game of Hobo Stew

Happy Hobo Giveaway!

Follow the instructions below to win three free Happy Hobo watercolor prints of your choosing. You can visit my online shop to view all the available prints at- www.cedricwilford.etsy.com

Here’s how this giveaway is going to go down: We’re making Hobo Stew!

Every time Hobo Stew is made, the ingredients are different, because we use whatever is lying around. I have 15 different ingredients for Hobo Stew written down in a secret place. What you need to do is 1. Go to the comment section of my blog between today (Monday) and Thursday at 9 pm. and 2. Write as many ingredients as you can think for a delicious Hobo Stew. Whoever writes the most ingredients that match the ones I already have written is the big winner! I will announce the winner on my blog the next day (Friday), so check back to see if you won. When you have found out that you’re the winner, you can write me and tell me which three prints you would like and I will send them to you posthaste. Good Luck! P.S.- if you post this giveaway on your own blog so all your friends, family, relations, and enemies can see it, and you end up winning, I will throw in an extra print to sweeten the deal.


It's True!

The Happy Hobo

Good Times in Hobo Haven...




© Cedric Anderson 2009

Today's the Day the Teddy Bears Have Their Picnic

This Bear Cub is living Phat. I drew him during my Basic Conducting class, while wishing I was a super-rich Bear Cub bouncing on the bed and throwing money in the air.

Future Self-Portrait

I've been working on a twelve painting story that is taking me forever, so I've been getting antsy to post something in the meantime. This paining is a portrait of my future self- a future self-portrait. Notice that I am dressed in clothes that I wish I could justify wearing now. There are certain things I think you have to earn your way into wearing, like a fedora (which you can only wear if you're an old man or Frank Sinatra), or cowboy boots (which you can only wear if you're an old man or a real cowboy). Also notice that I will be carrying a pistol to scare youngsters and shoot raccoons.

First Set of Paintings

© Cedric Anderson 2009

So far with the Frog-snot blog, I have jotted down a lot of ideas for poems and drawings, etc. I recently began to start painting with watercolors and I have enjoyed it so much that I think I'm hooked! I think I am going to filter the good stuff slowly from the Frog-snot blog onto this one and hopefully have a nice painting to go along with my poems. I treated the Frog-snot blog as a kind of archive for all my ideas, but I think this one will be more like a normal blog with comments, thoughts, etc. Cool!