Snowy treehouse

Leaving again...

Date Night

another landscape study

noodle thrower

This one is for my wife Lisa. She loves to cook and I love it that she loves to cook! : )

Watercolor paintings done in Bend

Here's some quick paints I did in a workshop in Bend Oregon. Mulitmedia over watercolor.

twin rocker paper

Trying out some awesome paper called Twinrocker. Very expensive, but nice. Handmade one sheet at a time. This is a study for a larger painting I'll be doing later this week. Let me know if you have any thoughts. : )

warm up sketches...

Swan Carrage

Long time no post. Gonna try to change that since I've been painting a ton lately. Here's one I finished up today. Watercolor on Strathmore illustration board. 24"x12"

They came by air

Here's a painting for the gallery show I'm working on. This one is in watercolor...

Figure drawing demos

Here's a couple of figure drawing demos I did for my students yesterday. Each drawing was three to 5 minutes on newsprint (in charcoal)....

Illustration Mundo Feature

Great news! I'm one of the weekly featured illustrators on Illustration Mundo's site. Check it out if you get a chance! : )

http://www.illustrationmundo.com/illustrators.php?feature=f

Mr. Biggleston

This year I was the one who passed out all the presents to the family sitting in the living room. I figured rich people probably have someone on staff to do this task. This guys name is Mr. Biggleston and he's my future butler. He will deliver my presents and wash my socks.

Original size is 11x14 and is watercolor...

Lighting/color study

Here's a quick little study with some new paper. This is just a small detail from a larger painting that I'm working on...

Ladybug Cover

Hey folks,

Just saw the cover I did for Ladybug Magazine on shelves. Go buy a copy now! This one is done in watercolor, collage, ink, digital....

unicycling rabbit

This one is for a potential job. Always wanted to paint a unicycling rabbit anyway.

Looking over my work lately, I guess I'm kinda into rabbits. Not sure how that happened. I've only owned one rabbit in my life. His name was thumper (really original huh?). He was blind and would bite you every time you tried to pick him up. Good times! He eventually ate through some wiring which didn't end so well.

Winter Walk

This one is for some cards I'm doing for the Crafty Wonderland art fair this winter in Portland. It's in watercolor and ink...

character tryouts

This is what my desk looks like as I try to find the right character for the new book that I'm working on. It's a very fun part of the process but it's also really difficult. You have to find the right shapes and details to tell the story correctly.

Once I finish this stage, I try the character out in a few settings to see how they hold up. Sometimes they do, other times I need to go back to the drawing board.

Lurking

Here's a Work in Progress image. It's called "Lurking". I'm going to post a step by step on this pretty soon. I shot a bunch of photos as I was painting. It's in watercolor on gessoed paper.

more class demos

Here's a few more demos from the costumed figure drawing class I teach...