Pillar

I think sketching has helped me to to notice the world around me. I have walked past this pillar every day for two years and didn’t notice it until last week. I find myself taking in more of my surroundings now that I’m always looking for things to draw. I feel so much more of [...]

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Many more sketches

I have been on a sketching kick lately.  I have one of those personalities that obsesses about new things all the time.  For a few months, it will be banjos or ukuleles or banjo-ukuleles.  The past few months, it’s been watercolors and sketching. Here’s a whole bunch of recent pages I haven’t had a [...]

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Robots with under-bites.

I’ve been on a robot sketching kick lately.  And, for some reason, I like to draw robots with massive metal under-bites.  It’s either the Iron Giant influencing me, or some sort of nostalgic link to my pet dog as a teenager.  Puppy (yes, that was her proper name) was half Shi-Tsu and half under-bite.  And [...]

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Hydrant in watercolor, some other sketches

So, I was really desperate for something to sketch the other day. The most interesting thing I could see was this here fire hydrant. Turned out better than I thought.
Bigger version here.
Here’s a few more:

First red leaf of the season.

Random sketches, some people on the bus.

I’ve had this tube of sepia paint [...]

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The cottage

Biggish version here.

We went ‘camping’ at our friends house the other day. They just finished building an incredible playhouse in their backyard and I spent the night in there with my son and his buddies. Cold night, but the ’smores were decadent.

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Watercolor sketch of the Hill Cumorah

Click here to embiggen.

Here’s a watercolor sketch I did of sunset at the Hill Cumorah in Palmyra, NY. It was done with a Sailor brushpen, Noodler’s eternal black ink and W&N paints in a A4 size watercolor Moleskine.
It was a beautiful night and the sunset seemed to last forever.

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Downtown Rochester

Clicky clicky.

A sketch of downtown Rochester, NY. It was done with a cheap Duke fountain pen, Noodler’s eternal black ink and W&N paints in a A4 size watercolor Moleskine.
There’s also a series of abandoned subway tunnels that runs under the library and bridge. Some time, I’ll have to do some sketching down there. [...]

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Sweet potato fries and sketching.

Recent sketching spot on the Erie Canal in Fairport NY. One of our favorite haunts with the awkward name of Whatchagotcookin?, is right on the canal. We nearly had a showdown with a swarm of bees, but the fries were well worth it.

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Sketches

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Sketches, etc.

A few caricatures.

A very tiny John Adams

This is a do-over of a cartoon I did years ago.  This new version will be appearing in a series of textbooks next year.  They wanted to use the old one, but I thought it looked ghastly, so I redid it.  I won’t even show you the old one, [...]

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