Month: March 2016

  • This is just me, playing with background colors from the recent image I’m working on. Note how the color changes the mood of the lines. A cool thought and observational experiment, I thought. It definitely makes me think about giving some real credit to color psychology. Which one is your favorite?          […]

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  • This is the second round of working this picture of succulents. I originally made a less realistic version of it here. It was colorful and fun, focusing more on the bright-color aspect and less on the real, true-to-form colors of the succulent. I told myself I’d come back to work using the very same reference […]

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  • I sent five poems to Dead King Magazine two weeks ago. A few days ago I received a lovely acceptance letter. I leaped out of my chair. I have been sending out submissions pretty regularly the last few months, processing lots of rejection letters, just waiting for the eventual good turn, and it happened. Out […]

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  •   ABOUT THIS PICTURE 9.5″ x 11″, graphite on paper. This drawing took me a little over an hour to complete. I drew this toward the end of my “100 Portraits” consecutive-days drawing period. She is based from a reference photo I found online. Even though her eye is a bit overlarge, and some of […]

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  • After living on a sailboat for seven months, I’ve developed a friendly relationship with a sweet pair of Mallard Ducks. They were wary at first, but after repeated feedings and sweet-talking, they are our little pets. I see them a few times a day, either paddling their feet in the water up to the back […]

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