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Guitar in the dark
It's been a little while, so I thought I would put something out here.Although this does not look like my wife, she was the model for this piece. I suck at sketching people! But I thought I looks sorta...
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Over 1,000 Visits to the Blog Today!
I doubt that this a huge milestone but today i surpassed 1,000 visits to the blog. I guess that means people are at the very least accidentally happening upon it.In honer of this momentous occasion......
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Circumstance of the Omitted Trinket (Part 1)
About a month ago my son and I were sitting in the room we call the Library. I would say it’s my family’s favorite room. Large windows, a wood burning stove, high ceilings, art adorning the walls,...
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Art on Vacation - Brick Wall
My family and I took a vacation about 3 or 4 weeks ago. The last night we were there I had some time to myself. I took a walk and found an iron table and chair and began to sketch out my...
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The Crow
Honestly, I think I like this piece better than any other piece I have ever done. It is rare for me to have a vision of some piece of art I want to make and then have any thing close actually make...
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American Gothic - Assignment # 1
Back in High School my teacher asked us to do find a famous piece of art then copy it using a different medium than the original. I chose American Gothic by Grant Wood. Looking through a book it...
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The Old Smoker
Last night I was playing with my ink and dip pens. I have this reddish color, I think its called "brick" that I had not used and I wanted to see what it looked like. Honestly I thought it was...
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Dip Pen - Practice
It's Saturday evening... Nothing to do tonight. The family is sick and I feel like I am fighting it off also.I wanted to practice with dip pens, And I couldn't think of a subject to do. Unfortunately,...
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A Surprise Ending - The Collar
My son and I have been brain storming a comic book. For hours we talk about all the characters, what they look like, where they live and other details like that. I would love to be able to write,...
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American Gothic - Assignment # 2
American Gothic - Assignment # 1 Continued:After the class completed the 1st assignment, where the class took a famous piece of art and to recreated it with a different medium, our teacher then...
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Darth Vader
A long time ago on a dinning room table far,far away........Charcoal - DARTHVADERLate one fall evening sitting at our kitchen table in Portland Tennessee, my son and I were drawing together. He was...
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I Love Birthdays and Dip Pens
I laid some hints a few months ago and it paid off! Thanks to my wonderful wife I was presented with a new pen holder and two new pen nibs for my 34th birthday.Although not a great photo, my pen looks...
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Guanat the Evil Henchman
As a follow up to the previous post called "A Surprise Ending, The Collar"In that previous post I talked about my son an I, and our comic book concept that we have been brain storming. While working...
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Giving Up On Micron
Copic Multiliner SP vs Sakura Pigma MicronFor the past 3 years or so I have been very loyal to Sakura Pigma Micron pens, but lately I have been very unhappy with them. Maybe its just me and my style...
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Coming Soon....
It has been a while from my last post. But I just completed a new piece and today my good friend John graciously agreed to help me photograph it.John I have such issues getting my work put into a...
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Pen & Ink Cardinal
So, I am still working on getting the other photo's completed on the Pine Tree Landscape. So.... in the mean time I have started working on a Cardinal. Here is just the start.
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Pen & Ink Cardinal - Part 2
As I continue to work on the Cardinal, my feelings toward it have changed. My original plan, for it to be done with one shade of red ink, had changed into mostly black ink and some red accents. But...
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Evergreen Forest (Finally)
Way back when I started this piece called the Evergreen Forest or the Pine Scape (Not sure what to name it) Anyway..... I started it back in March of 2012 mentioned it here, and I completed it this...
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Single Evergreen Tree - Sketch
A good friend of my wife and I was over at the house a few weeks back and made some really nice comments on the Cardinal that I am currently working on. I think the best complement a person can give...
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A Tribute to Edward Gorey
Tonight I sat in the "library" with my family. My wife and my son were building a Lego house and I was reading through my Edward Gorey book, Amphigorey Too. I had not yet had the chance to try out...
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