Toby Penney
Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker, Creative Encourager
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Real Paint. Real Paper. Real Conversations.
A while back, I mentioned that I might eventually create a paid tier here with teaching components. I haven’t quite decided what that will look like yet.
The truth is, real, in-person, hands-on art has always been my preference. I love how...
This Was Never Just A List
There are more drawings on my table than I can get through in one sitting.
There is ink on my hands, smudges where I didn’t mean to leave them, (my face!) & stacks of pages that only make sense while I’m in the middle of them.
Subscrib...
When the Page Pushes Back
Illumination highlights and enforces vibe.
I use the term illumination intentionally, not to mean illustration, but to name a tradition where visual systems carry tone, authority, and atmosphere alongside text.
Vibe is the part of a world...
Working in the Margins
January has a way of insisting on ambition.
New calendars. Clean planners. Quiet pressure to declare intentions large enough to justify the turning of a year.
Even those of us who know better can feel it.
That sense that now is when we a...
2025: Making Space
This time of year fills quickly with summaries: what launched, what shipped, what performed well. I’ve shared those kinds of wrap-ups before, and they serve a purpose. But here I would rather take time for reflection without compression....
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Lifetime painter, illustrator, sculptor: Covered in paint. In love with paper. Commissions now open for summer 2026.
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