I draw things that actually exist sometimes

Here's a 'best of' collection from my spring/summer '09 observational sketchbook. Earlier this year I started using bic pens and prismacolor markers together, and have discovered that they are best bros for quick and non-crappy observation sketching. Cool.

Roooooooooooosh

Jeremiah's distinctive nose, and Jeremiah

Monkeys, Pt. I

Monkeys, Pt. II. I want to be friends with this one.

Apteryx Australis=Kiwi

People doing stuff

Hey, elephant

I can't remember what this bird was

Andrew

My friend, the label maker

Ben, deep in thought

My friends in VT: one awful portrait and one amazing portrait

Christian Science Center: it looks like it's sunny out, but it was actually the middle of the night and so windy I couldn't hold my sketchbook open...

David, looking wistfully towards the horizon, dreaming of a better day

Dave, Pt. IIBPL

All in all, I think this is my best sketchbook series yet, and I'm really satisfied with the style and volume of stuff that I've put into it, especially in such a relatively short time and without any kind of school supervision or prodding. Speaking of which, that starts next week...

Back in Boston

Vermont was cool, but I'm happy to be back with my apartment, guitar amp and friends. The gallery opening I had was pretty awesome. I got a warm reception from everyone and a lot of positive reactions to my man-climbing-through-mirror piece in particular. Here's the junk that I entered in:

It'd be cool if I sell at least one and make back the cost of framing them all, but I'm not on the edge of my seat waiting. Sketchbook stuff to come soon. Peace.

Summertime

So, since the family computer here back in Vermont would die a horrible death if I tried to run photoshop on it, this page is going to be boring for a while. I'll fix that later. On the bright side, I'm getting ready to show some of my art in a little gallery in town for a couple of months starting in July. It's my first time actually showing/attempting to sell anything legitimately on my own, so hopefully that goes over well. At the very least, I discovered that framing is like recess for me. I have no life.

Ta da

I finally made some sort of webpage to post art to. Hooray. Someday I'll post art on it.