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That’s one New Year’s resolution finished. To elaborate, it’s been so many years with so few updates, I wanted to give myself a kick in the ass, creatively, so I decided to post a sketch, drawing, or painting every day this month. I can’t compete with A Painting a Day, at least not yet, but [...]

People engaged in low-movement activities are perfect for sketching. Guys reading the paper at the coffee shop, people in airports and train stations, bus riders, sun bathers, all are good for keeping in practice at life drawing. Plus, once an image is in the sketchbook, it’s fodder for future work, sometimes. This one depicts my [...]

The light from television is good for something: dramatic contrast.

My old pal hasn’t shown himself much for quite a while, so I thought it was high time to do a candid pose. Do horse-headed aliens from the future play much air guitar?

“Yeah, I got them, but they only had the red ones, not the green.” “I asked the guy, but he didn’t have any.” “No, I didn’t make him go back and check. What’s wrong with you?” “Okay, sorry, sorry. Sorry.” “I said sorry. No I don’t think it’s funny.” “I got the candle, too. Listen, [...]

Just because they’re endlessy fascinating, here’s another set of hands. Only this time they’re those of my other half. He doesn’t usually drink the brand depicted, but sometimes caffeine is a harsh mistress.

All right, enough with the hands for a minute.

This one is obvious. I’m about to make the Jenna-Bush-inspired satanic metal, dude ASL for “I love you.”

This is an unusual drawing exercise: draw your drawing hand with the instrument as you work.