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...

My friend Ashley likes tea.  A lot.  It is inspiring the amount of tea she drinks and how quickly she has developed a comprehensive knowledge of herbal teas, how to use them to treat specific concerns and how...

The LAHL artist of the week is Wassily Kandinsky and he has traditionally been one of my favorites. I remember a visit to either the Guggenheim or MOMA in my late teens and I bought a journal with a Kandinsky...

A fancy Sunday chicken dinner. Not something that I typically do too much with, but since my father gave me a beautiful 8 lb chicken that he cared for and slaughtered himself, I can not resist.  He also shared...

“Seriously, are you making more pickles!?!”  That was the question asked this morning when A.D. saw the crock on the kitchen counter and the mason jars in a neat line. “I am not making more...

Ghouls are kind of sad.  Maybe I have too much empathy, but when you read about them in the Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, they seem nearly kindly and pitiful.  They are at the bottom of the food chain...

Last weekend, A.D. and I met up with one of his students and we went on a brief journey around Gettysburg, PA and Dover, DE.  You’ll have to wait on Dover for next week, but this week I’m sharing...

The assignment I worked on this week in the perspective course was to draw with attention to line, tone and detail.  As is my nature, I share what I feel I am successful at as well as perceived failures and...