The prompt for this week on Journal 52 was a little distracting for me and I decided to go in a completely different direction than drawing real or imaginary creatures. This is how it goes. I spent the...
Today’s adventure is a blend of two earlier posts, my 2016 food goals and one on being a tourist in your own town. The plan was to hit the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, see the sponsored Rockwell Alley...
Sketchy is the newest of my series. I think I like to do things in series, it makes me comfortable. Linking your learning shows progress over time and that leads to feelings of accomplishment and achievement...
Merry Christmas Morning! I gave myself an early present to go with some items I put on my wish list and bought a Craftsy course on sketching landscapes in pen, ink and watercolor. I must say that I’m...
So I’m trying something new with this one. My honey has had a beef with beef lately and since I typically use burger in my chili, I had to think a little differently. I have used ground turkey a time...
This year we have a new addition to give thanks for at our holiday table: butter-steamed Brussels sprouts. Now, I get it, many feels that they are gross or bitter or otherwise yuck. Brussels sprouts are...
This week didn’t see a lot of progress on the deepening of my knowledge of photography, but it did see some increased breadth. What I really learned was that art feeds art: photography feeds sketching...
The inspiration for this journal, beyond, the desire to do something freaking awesome, has been to use my Inktense Pencils to create images of the Lovecraftian ‘monsters’. I am awed by the...