The Last Couple of Outings

Knowing very well that once my daughter was born, time spent galivanting around town sketching would be reduced to near non-existence, I spent the weeks leading up to her birth getting out and… Read More →

The Future

Illustration Friday… The Future, this is my future, and it’ll be here any day now.

Instagram As Inspiration

By now, most people are pretty familiar with Instagram and all of it’s uses from shots of duck faced teens in various bathrooms, miniaturizing cities with tilt-shift, textures, documenting graffiti, and even a… Read More →

Another Evening With Dr. Sketchy

It was another fun evening at Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art school as we drank, while we drew the formidable Captain America. I love the idea of sitting in a bar drinking and drawing and… Read More →

Urban Sketching

I was able to get out on the town this past week and knocked out a couple of sketches. One is the usual view of the Thurman St. Bridge I’m so apt to… Read More →

Labor Assistance Techniques

So, Katie and I went to a class this past Saturday that taught us about the different ways to make labor more bearable. With the impending kid, this is good information to have.… Read More →

Dr. Sketchy, Horses, Chickens, and Me.

I finally got over to another Dr. Sketchy event, this time at Crush bar in SE Portland, which seems to be the natural home for the Portland Dr. Sketchy group. The model was… Read More →

Just Some Recent Sketches

Just some plain old sketches from the past month using watercolor, pen, pencil, and ink. I’ve been sketching a lot lately, and I think it’s time to actually put my energy into some… Read More →

Product Review – Paper, ink, and pencils, oh my!

At a recent Dr. Sketchy event I was chosen after one of their challenges and received as a prize the new white Faber Castell Pitt Pen and a Strathmore Artagain drawing pad full… Read More →

Strathmore Watercolor Sketchbook Review

I’ve been using the moleskine watercolor sketchbooks for a while now just because they have a lot of pages, the paper is fairly durable and it’s just a well made product. On the… Read More →