I was in a meeting in our school library today and tried some crayons out on a terrible drawing and it looked better. Then I got to thinking, if they can make a bad picture look good, what would they do to a good one. And...voila!

Time and desire

So sad that we often never have the time to pursue what we are really passionate about. I love teaching but often spend my day daydreaming about making art. Maybe it makes me more productive...I don't know.

Lumberjacked Up

Had a lot of fun drawing this one. I still have to scan and color it and then watercolor the original but So far so good. Seems like a lot of my pictures come back to the theme of consequences. Hmmmm.

I was really surprised to see that views of the blog has had a spike in the last couple of days. I wanted to say thank you all for checking things out. I wanted to share a sneak preview of a picture that I am working on called 13 crazy cars. I am thinking about designing a number book for kids and this would be included. We'll see. Hope you enjoy. Please feel free to leave comments and ideas. BTW, If you live here in Springfield, I would love to talk about forming some kind of collective art project. Let's get it together and see if we can use art to make this a nicer place.

Back to writing

Ok, I know that nobody is reading this thing yet but hears to hoping. Perhaps you will do what I do. Find an artist's blog (mine) and read all the posts back to the beginning. If so, you will now be reading this. Greetings. Lately, I have gone back to my old way of working using just lines without the brush. I have had so much fun doing it and by combining digital with it, I can do all sorts of fun things to it. I Just finished a cool drawing of 3 totem people (you will see soon) on a skateboard. I drew them in my giant Moleskine watercolor book and will scan the original for digital color and archiving but I can also then do a watercolor painting in the book for display at a later date. Working this way suits me. I have a lot of flexibility with the output and no restrictions about how I make images. I wonder how many other artists struggle with this kind of stuff and what they do to overcome these mental blocks. My friend Rick Nickel has never struggled with it and I have always, truth be told, been a little jealous. I tahnk him greatly for his insight and friendship over the years. BTW, go check out his ceramic and digital work. It is awesome.

I have recently added a bunch of new work over on my Flickr account but my fancy new widget ain't working! Please come see me here.

I'm back!

Going to be writing on this blog only. Please check out my flicker page and friend me on facebook.