Ruffs

Ruffs a photo by Marc Snyder on Flickr.

Scratching in the sketchbook, working towards another linocut. . .

Paperwhite Narcissus

Along with the seedlings we've got some bulbs blooming. The Paperwhite Narcissus are very pretty and kinda smelly.

Ceaseless Seedling Drama

Remember that sunflower seedling from a couple of days ago? Its second pair of leaves have opened up. I bet you were on pins and needles, weren't you? A second seedling is having trouble shedding its shell. Will I help it? No. It builds character for seedlings to solve problems like this on their own.

Sharks

My daughter has a tiny rubber shark with delusions of grandeur.

Dreaming of Spring

This morning's dinosaur sketch was declared "OK" by my daughter

A crumb from my sketchbook - the T-Rex Hat

The first sketchbook item from 2011

The last drawing from 2010

Missing The Point

I've got sketchbooks full of studies from great artwork - it was something my various professors strongly encouraged, and something I encouraged my students to do. Here's a page of studies I just made where I challenged myself to create recognizable reproductions that were completely pointless in terms of learning anything significant about the artwork in question. The Rothko kind of fails at completely failing, as the values tell you a little something about the work. I think the Monet most satisfactorily succeeds at failing to convey anything meaningful about the painting in question.

Rep. Joe Barton or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Carbon Dioxide

“I would also point out that CO2, carbon dioxide, is not a pollutant in any normal definition of the term. … I am creating it as I talk to you. It’s in your Coca-Cola, you’re Dr. Pepper, your Perrier water. It is necessary for human life. It is odorless, colorless, tasteless, does not cause cancer, does not cause asthma.” - Rep. Joe Barton

Christmas Island Pipistrelle

I've found that if I draw something I'm more likely to remember it, so I thought I'd draw something that should be remembered.

Ketchup spoon

If it were up to my daughter, I would just make contour drawings.

Our house is full of tiny creatures.

Critique

skate park

in the desert

Loud Duck.

Stampede!