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Saturday, April 10, 2010

I just spent a lovely twenty-four hours away from my computer. I still had my computer with me, so I had the option to use it, but I was doing so many other things that I didn’t have the desire. When I checked my email today, I came across this post which really reminded me how […]

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A Massive Undertaking

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Yesterday I undertook a project of massive proportions: I organized all my art stuff. It was one of my 2010 art goals, but I probably wouldn’t have done it so soon if we didn’t need the dining room table for Easter dinner. I spent over eight hours in total. First I sorted and found things […]

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Detox

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

This is a sketch I made some time ago of my morning bagel while sitting in my cube at work. I find that when I make a small drawing early in the morning, my whole day feels more productive. This week I’ve started a new diet of sorts, a detox, so to speak. This means […]

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A Bad Art Day

Friday, March 12, 2010

Today I did get some sketching done, but everything “serious” that I tried to do ended up failing miserably. These kind of days come up for me from time to time, and the hardest thing will be to forget about it tomorrow when I start all over again. These sketches are of a cat named […]

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The Hall of Justice

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

I made this quirky drawing while in the Jury Pool waiting room (it was too big to scan at once so I had to stitch two scans together). I had only been called in for Jury Duty one other time, and not in this particular courthouse. By the time I drove into the city, found […]

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Lake Eden

Friday, February 5, 2010

I’ve been taking it easy for the past week or so because I’ve had a case of TMS crop up. After two years of being mostly pain free, it’s come up again, because I’ve been doing a poor job of handling my stress. This time it’s affecting my right elbow and every time I grip […]

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Teeny Tiny Dots

Thursday, January 28, 2010

I recently got an email from someone who said they really admired my detailed pen and ink artwork “that looks like teeny tiny dots.” Then I remembered that I had this drawing that I did a few months ago but haven’t posted yet. These are leaves that I collected in my driveway last fall and […]

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Morning Sketching

Sunday, January 24, 2010

On Thursday, I got home from work and I had an envelope from Michael Nobbs waiting for me. My whole address was written out in his characteristic block lettering and it was such a treat after a long and yucky day. I ordered the first three issues of his zine The Beany. He has just […]

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Corsica

Monday, January 18, 2010

I drew this for the January Virtual Paintout. The location this month is Corsica and I had a lot of fun finding the scene I wanted and carrying it out. This drawing is not in my usual style at all. I drew it with pen and then filled it in with colored pencil. I felt […]

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Checking things off my List

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Stone Window, pen and ink and colored pencil (7 x 5), 2009 When I was eighteen I visited Germany with my family. When we were taking a tour of a vineyard in Bad Dürkheim, I snapped a photo of this window and thought it would make a nice drawing. I never got around to making […]

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