big head little girl

This is a portrait of my wife and daughter,
and, believe it or not,
the source photograph looked even weirder.

Alia's Birthday Card

I barely got this one done in time!This is probably the weirdest thing I have ever drawn..

alia and little turtle

I wish all of our chickens were as personable as Little Turtle is. We just got some more baby chicks -- a buff orpington and a gold laced wyandotte -- and i've been trying to handle them more than i did our first batch of chicks. i've never really been a bird person, and i didn't realize that chickens, especially, were so social.
I really like this analogy:
chickens:us::parrots:pirates

momma's mama

Alia and I gave our daughter, Annelise, my Grandmother’s maiden name for a middle name. My Aunt Dianne then put together a beautiful photo album of some historical family photos to give Annelise a little insight into her namesake.
This photo is one of my favourites from that album. My Aunt Dianne is on the right, and my mom is seated in my Grandmother’s lap. Uncle Buck, the Air Force pilot, was still yet to be born at the time this picture was taken.
This was my gift to mom for Mother’s Day, even if it was a few days late.

a mildly surreal crafternoon

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

Day Twenty

It's very hard to draw a person's eye while that person is drawing your eye.

Day Fourteen

I used a nib called a "super hard."
That mistake, combined with too-watery ink,
made for an ungainly drawing.