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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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Finding Motivation

Friday, January 8, 2010

Lately I’ve had a hard time finding motivation and have been putting off necessary chores and also sketching. I used to get a lot of work done after I got home from work every day, but for the past few months I have been so exhausted that I have been spending all evening recouping and […]

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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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Why I Draw Flowers

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

I always thought my relationship with floral art was a love/hate one. For a long time I was embarrassed of my fascination with flowers because various individuals used to criticize me for it, saying that I was too “girly.” At other times, I was given flowers by an abusive partner as a “goodwill” gesture, basically […]

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Man #10, Chris

Sunday, August 23, 2009

A person I’m lucky to have met. Enough said 😉

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Absent Without Official Leave

Thursday, August 13, 2009

I’m not going to apologize for neglecting this blog, because I’ve been paying attention to the rest of my life instead, and that is a good thing. Yesterday I was sitting with Papou in the hospital and he told me about the time that he went AWOL from basic training so he could visit Chattanooga, […]

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I am Becoming an Underachiever

Friday, July 24, 2009

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Matthew 26:41 This verse describes my current situation, on a variety of fronts. Enough said. This is the only drawing I have made all week. I will be remaking this drawing at some later date, […]

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Personality

Saturday, July 18, 2009

This past week I made no art. Instead, I talked to new people, went out places, and was instructed in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have decided that I have been a hermit far too long. I will soon be back to business though, but with some extra fun things thrown in, to make my life […]

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Things that are In Progress

Friday, July 10, 2009

This is an unfinished sketch for something that I’m working on – a small taste for you. I have a general idea of where I will go with it. Below is a video of a José González song that I like. The animation is sort of trippy. It was also what I was listening to […]

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Various

Sunday, June 21, 2009

I’ve had a lot on my mind lately and haven’t felt very coherent. I made this sketch of an old woman deep in thought while deep in thought myself. Here are some odd tidbits that I’ve been thinking about: My friend Kimberly Shaw of Kimberly Shaw Graphics had her lovely teacup designs ripped off by […]

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