Just for Fun

I've got a pretty large collection of art books in my studio library. Too many in fact. They're nice to have and inspiring to look at but the reality is there's a large chunk of them that I never, ever pull off the shelf and thumb through. So I've decided its time to start selling a few. I'm starting with some...

Not just one but three deadlines today (!) necessitating that I wake up at 3am to meet them all. To get the juices flowing I banged out this warm-up sketch of Jeff Bridges ala Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. Easily one of the best movies I've seen in recent memory. If you haven't seen it yet Google your local discount...

Last night I was laying in bed working through another bout of insomnia. Guess I was still pretty excited about Sketchbook Month. Anyway, I started thinking about caffeine and coffee beans...

Wow, I am totally overwhelmed by the response this little idea of mine is getting. I decided to declare March to be Sketchbook Month. I've committed to sketching something in my sketchbook every weekday in March and posting it on my blog. A lot of my artist friends liked the idea and have decided to join in. The first day...

Here we go! To kick off Sketchbook Month I thought I'd push myself to do a little study of human anatomy. I found this muscle pose on the internet (should have bookmarked it—for the life of me I can't find it now to link to it). I'm not nearly as familiar with the anatomy of the human back as I...

Well, not officially. But it will be on this here blog. At least for this year. Care to join me? Life has been crazy busy lately with no signs of anything slowing down. As a result it's been a real struggle to keep anything resembling a regular sketchbook. I still draw quite a bit but its always to please a client and...