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Monday, March 15, 2010
Cat Stretch Sketch
Another gratuitous cat sketch.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Renaissance Sketching
First and last of four sketches from the Renaissance Festival today.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Road Home
I did this painting last night after returning home from South Mountain Park. It wasn't quite this dark when we reached the trail-head, but it was close.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Off with her head!
Got this signed print from Bobby Chiu for entering one of his online art contests.  He's one of the character designers for Tim Burton's new Alice in Wonderland movie.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Thirty Minutes
From life drawing at Sketchy Doodle today.
Friday, March 5, 2010
The Sneeze
Cat sketch based on a photo.
Monday, March 1, 2010
More Sketchcrawl
I've been having so much fun seeing what other people did at Sketchcrawl that I decided to post the rest of mine.   Century plants in bloom.   We stopped for pizza at a place right behind the trees in this sketch.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Sketchcrawl
We had ten artists at Sketchcrawl today.  The most stubborn of us kept at it from 10am until almost 3pm (with a lunch break).  Here is a sketch of one of the other artists doing a watercolor painting in a coutyard in downtown Tempe.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Spotted Snake
I've been meaning to paint more snakes, so here's another one.  Based on the Big Mouth concept from last week.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Flaming Bokeh
Here's another bokeh abstract.  This one is based on my signature, but I think it looks a little bit like flames.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Bokeh Bubbles
Created this bubble art by following a photoshop tutorial.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Big Mouth
Today's chiustream challenge was to paint the topic "Big Mouth".  My lesson learned?  Start with a smaller canvas.  This one was 4800 x 4800 px, which is really too big for a speed paint.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Cheshire Cat
This is my entry for Kei Acedera's cheshire cat challenge.  We had a week to do it but I waited too long so instead had only a day.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Ten Minutes
To me, life drawing feels a lot like taking a difficult exam in school.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Dodo Speedpaint
The challenge on Chiustream today was to paint a Dodo bird.  Time limit of one hour.  There were some pretty amazing entries.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Really Fat Cat
Another cat sketch based on a funny photo.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Pelican
Did some bird sketches today. This one is a brown pelican.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Unholy Sphynx
Sketch of a Sphinx cat based on a photo.  And yeah, the cross was in the photo.  Sphinx cats are the ones that appear hairless and all wrinkly.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Super what now?
In spite of the Super Bowl, I'm happy to say that we still had a respectable showing at Sketchy Doodle today.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Getting Old
This old lion has seen better days, but he appeared content.  And very sleepy.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Cropped Saguaro
Here's another saguaro cactus from the same drawing session as the previous one.  This was actually part of a larger sketch, but it looks better cropped.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Pastel Saguaro
A pastel sketch from today's Sketchy Doodle drawing group.  We're still getting new people every week.  It's been really great.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Westside Creatives
I attended a drawing session today with the Westside Creatives.  This is my third sketch of the day, a palm tree surrounded by other plants around the base.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sketchy Postcard
A new postcard for Sketchy Doodle.  The background is a bunch of sketches from previous Sketchy Doodle drawing sessions.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Artist at Work
We had another great group of artists at Sketchy Doodle today.  This is a sketch of one of the other artists.

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