Live, Draw, Paint

The Storyteller  ************** Using my hand as a palette.  Seems to happen all the time...wonder what these pigments are doing as...

His future direction clouded from view, Heinrich listened intently to his animal spirit guides for advisement.

Growing up, one of my favorite aspects of the 4th of July was the fireworks.  Back then we couldn't get them legally in Illinois, but as...

Extreme Plumber in the House - unfortunate view from above.

Confined by the page. Oil pastel, ink, brush pen

Do you ever look around yourself and think, o.k., how did I get here?  You've dug yourself in deep and now you need, obviously, a differ...

As my hound dog sniffs the world, I gaze at it instead.  Bird soaring, lawnmower running, live band playing in the distance. And then my eye...

Lost in thought.

Jeffrey never intended to be at a ballet, but one of his clients had given him a ticket at the last moment.  With nothing else to do, he acc...

Getting the monkey off your back or in other words,  Be Free. Watercolor and Ink

Well, I've been doing this drawing and painting a day for 6 months.  It's hard to believe.  Now I just have 6 months to go.  I guess...

Mother nature is always watching. This painting is a bit of a dreamy one.  It makes me feel suspended in a slow motion half sleep, somehow...

It's Monday.  Lordy.

SNIFF  How it started.  See the outline of paint residue on my desk?  That was my inspiration.

Sweat pouring off of him after a particularly strenuous grass cutting in the melting summer heat, Fred unscrewed the top of his bottle of li...

To my friend L:  No, I did not smell your garlic breath, but thanks for sparking an idea! (-; The palette:

Just as the vitamin-enriched egg yolk nourished him as a chick, Lester felt the whisperings of his mother's advice was guiding him towar...

As Salvatore gazed into his mirror, his tube of lipstick levitated next to his cheek and gently taunted him. "Do you really think you...

Let's say you are craving a jelly doughnut. Here's what the world looks and feels like when... you crave a jelly doughnut; you ...

Here's a drawing I did in ink and watercolor of a lady waiting to go into the doctor's office. I only did the ink in the office and ...

O.K., so on the other side of this gift box (see Day 172 if you don't know what I heck I'm talking about) I have a portrait of Rache...

My 2nd cousin (my cousin's son) is getting married today.  I had gotten a friend of mine, Kim Herout, to make something for them--I won...

  Sometimes no shoehorn can help.  

How in the world did the Blackhawk and Bruin players race around in 3 overtimes in the first game of the Stanley Cup 2013 playoffs?  The lun...

Maybe it's just me, but after lawns have been mowed and just the right temperature sets in, the freshly trimmed grass smells like waterm...