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Natasha looking up. Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Sanrio Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on Archival 8.5" x 11" paper

Seemingly trapped indoors and inside your head indefinitely, the possibility of living a normal life after COVID seems like a fevered dream. Still one of my favourite drawings from 2020 and a technique breakthrough. Ballpoint Pen on Archival 8.5" x 11" paper

I use to take students to museums. COVID has altered much. We adjust now. So much is virtual.

A second tree animal in my current series of micron pen drawings

In celebration of Year of the Tiger, I illustrated this Tiger with vector shapes and then shades the shapes with a variety of pixel brushes. Then I doodled some abstract brush strokes as the background with a red and gold color theme.

Sketched a original Fiat 500 from memory on a trip to Italy in 2019.

Micron pen drawing

observed in a moment

He was passionate about the idea that art in schools is for the growth and development of children, not about the end product. "Drawing makes the mind", he would say. Froebel, the inventor of kindergarten, is the father of art education in schools. Give kids gifts (art supplies), and occupations (assignments), and watch them grow! Fare well Dr. Baker.

Reflection of our state. Reflection of our time. Reflection of our lives.

This animal is in the family Theridiidae, a large group (over 2000 species) of haphazard web-builders.

Nude.

Fountain pen

… for me right now.

Gesture of the Day

A couple of beers, thoughts in my head about lockdown easing and Radiohead lingering in the background while I work = stuff like this.

As we approach the end of winter, who knows where we’ll end up next? Still cautiously optimistic here... As long as there’s stuff to inspire us all, it can’t be all that bad?

Acrylic on wood --- 79x130cm