During Inktober I decided to try adding a little humor to my warmup sketches, and pretty soon it became a regular thing. People seem to like it so I’ve started collecting them into a series for easier following and sharing. I originally called it “Drawing Dad Jokes” but decided I like the name “Sketchbook Silliness” a lot […]

I was hired by KSTP-TV to do some courtroom sketching today in St. Paul. Quick background: In 1989 eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted by a masked gunman and has never been seen since. Whatever became of Jacob remains a mystery. Since then Wetterling has become something of a poster child for abducted children and his parents have become high-profile advocates […]

For today’s warmup I thought I’d try drawing a character into a photo. Not sure it was 100% successful, but that’s what sketches are for: playing around, practicing, and sometimes making mistakes.

I just got back from our family vacation over a four-day weekend. Naturally there was a ton of email to dig through. I’ve been working on it most of the day and still am not done. This is what it feels like.

KeWe is a new social media platform that recently launched. The people behind KeWe hired me to create some illustrations for use in a marketing presentation to promote their app. According to their latest press release, Kewe “combines all of the popular features of top apps like Facebook, Instagram and What’s App into one, while […]

I was noodling around with a drawing prompt from the Pose Drawing Sparkbook that reads, “Skiing for the first time.” I liked how the initial doodle turned out, so I decided to tweak it, clean it up, and add color. In hindsight I maybe should have chosen different colors for the gloves and hat to […]