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Category Drawing & Painting

Planting Seeds

There is a grain field through my back window. | I love to watch the wind blow through it. Today I planted a seed by sending a request for representation to a literary agent. It will take some time but…

Snails

My mind is feeling a bit slow today and so here are some snails. Have you ever stepped on a snail? It has the most unpleasant hollow popping sound.

Long Neck

A self portrait emerged today. Once one of one of my friends said to his dad. “Dad him have a long neck.” True statement.

Fairy Penguin

A flying penguin with fairy wings flying through rain clouds. The penguin is a bit strange and a little sad. I like the spiral line clouds and should explore that as an option in future images.

Flowering Fan

A flowering vine is always an fun subject. I think about balance and rhythm in constructing the drawing. I started with a random line on the page and just let the drawing happen.

Over the River and Through the Woods

Over the River and Through the Woods is the first page in a new sketch book. I need to get better at drawing directly into the computer and I want a non threatening page to sketch on once a day.…

Aug 20 Painting

I didn’t get much done today. Everything I tried was a dead end. To give myself a small sense of accomplishment I made this image for mileage. The best part is watching the colors and textures overlap and interact.

SkillShare class

I just finished taking a micro class from Brad Woodard on skillshare.com. I learned a few really cool tricks and had a good time. The project was to illustrate the word quiet or loud. I picked quiet. There was a…

L 001

Surgery went well and I actually have some use of my right hand. But as an experiment I am going to give this left handed drawing a shot. It can’t hurt and could be interesting.

Forced left

Tomorrow morning at 5:30, I will be having some surgery on my right arm that result in a lack of mobility in my right arm for a short while. So with a pen in my left hand I will start…

Avian Topiary

An unexpected result | I was experimenting with a new background for my website when I created this image. It didn’t meet my original purpose, but I think it turned out to be interesting. (click image to enlarge)