You can find all blog posts/news related to my projects are listed in this section.
July 2, 2010
This one was taken (by Lynn) in our front courtyard; a part of our house featured briefly in Nocturnal Battle. It’s amazing how much wildlife (natural and supernatural) you can find just outside your door. (reposted from sevenextraordinarythings.com)
June 29, 2010
Having a cast on her arm didn’t stop Lynn from snapping this picture of a Cooper’s Hawk in our back yard. Call me weird (my mom always did) but I find it comforting to know there are birds of prey in the neighborhood. (reposted from sevenextraordinarythings.com)
June 24, 2010
My wife fell, fractured her wrist and has had it in a cast for three weeks. I told Ziggy to take some time off from hunting the living dead to keep an eye on her. One more week to go before the cast comes off and Lynn can resume her hobby of fighting crime on
May 18, 2010
(reposted from sevenextraordinarythings.com) Like many artists of my generation I can divide my early development into two categories; before I saw my first Frank Frazetta painting, and after. I remember the day. I was crossing the floor of the Santa Barbara Public Library near a rack of paperback novels they recently made available for check
April 19, 2010
“Again?”
April 12, 2010
(reposted from sevenextraordinarythings.com) When I started Seven Extraordinary Things I told myself to establish a style of drawing and inking that was simple and quick to execute. With that in mind I kept my initial drawings uncluttered… …my first ink lines were clean… …and unadventurous. So far so good. I added blacks to separate foreground
April 1, 2010
Here is a shelf on my bookcase with some (but not all) of my favorite drawing books: Featured here are the Famous Artists drawing course, Composing Pictures by Donald Graham, All of Andrew Loomis’ published books, both volumes of Walt Stanchfield’s Drawn to Life, most of George Bridgman’s books, and very old and battered copy
March 29, 2010
A SERIOUS SUBJECT. I wonder if anyone following this Journal knows whether there has been a scientific investigation to prove something ice cream enthusiasts have long held to be fact? To wit: ice cream eaten directly from the carton tastes better than ice cream eaten out of a bowl. When my wife was my girlfriend,
March 22, 2010
(reposted from sevenextraordinarythings.com) In the wee small hours of the morning… A short time later…
March 18, 2010
When we read a story, or watch a movie, we want the protagonist to do what we can’t: live in the moment. The events of the story may, or may not be Earth shattering, as long as they are so important to the main character that they consume every ounce of his or her attention.