this is my right hand

this is my right hand
i call it michael
and it is the south wind

ay chihuahua!

This is my friend Kris. Not only did she wear this hat on a dare, but she was foolish enough to let someone take her picture while she was wearing it. This is a (continuing) response to the fb application, "You were sketched by an artist!" My drawings may be twenty bucks, but they're pretty damn good!
one hell of a deal.

keep pushing

As the world economy weakens and the energy crisis grows stronger, the national government will be less able to provide basic services to the population. Communities will become more reliant upon and more active in local governments.

kansas bride

This was in response to the facebook application that proclaims, "You were sketched by an artist!" I saw that my friend had "just been sketched by an artist!" so I said, "Hey Kris, you should let me sketch you." She said, "That would be cool, OK," and then I was pretty much obligated.

emma 'n el'se

This is from a picture I took at Annelise's second birthday party. We all went down to Mt. Scott park. Emma was there, and she and Annelise moved pine-needles around for a good fifteen minutes. I think it was a feng shui thing.

a mildly surreal crafternoon

I took the source image from either Alice's flickr or facebook page.
I don't remember exactly which.

there and them

This was taken at nw 14th and pettygrove
across from cash 'n carry.
I love drawing the centennial mills water tower.
These people are somehow related to me. I think they are my great-great grandparents on my mom's dad's dad's side. Their faces got a little wonky. His face slid off his head, and she's got the gout -- and a belly-ache, apparently.

forty finished

and here it is inked.
That took longer than expected because I've been making pinatas for Annelise's birthday party. I made her a blue monkey head and a giant daisy. It was kind of weird to see a bunch of toddlers whacking a blue monkey head with a bat, but I was like, "She's two. She likes monkeys, and she likes flowers. I'll make her a monkey and a flower."

forty

I'm so far behind I should call this blog
two drawings a day
until I catch up.I want to do another one of my Uncle Buck to send to him.
He's fun to draw because he *looks* like a fighter pilot.
It's his grandfather's chin that does it..
and his shiny hair.

This is what the pencil looks like before I ink it and erase the pencil forever. This was the first time I've used a mechanical pencil in probably ten years! The mechanical pencil used to be my tool of choice -- along with the hatchet and the adjustable pliers.

thirty-nine

thirty-eight, or thirty-one redux

Since I was sick last time,
I thought I'd redo this one of my great-granddad.
Alia says he looks a lot like my brother, Matt.
I think she's right, and I think I figured out where Matt got his nose.