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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.
March 17, 2010
March 15, 2010
One thing that amazes me about my Miniature Schnauzer, even more than his ability to rend zombies limb for limb, is his ability to live in the moment. Animals and children do this naturally, actors practice it as part of their craft; the rest of us neglect to do it, or have forgotten how. I
March 10, 2010
Or at least, the Southern California version of cold.