children

Many beginnings. Beginning 5. Frederick was contemplating geese flying south for winter and dreaming about moving to Florida. * Starting is easy, it's the middle that is often a muddle. And I won't even mention the endings. Here are some beginnings for children stories that flitter through my head. https://www.instagram.com/p/COu0fRFhvBo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

from "Lost at Home" series, ink on paper, 8x11in.

I got the idea for this bird of how I have adhd and I can be kind of messy.

So I've really been trying to raise my digital art game because I've been a traditional artist most of my life. I'm trying to reach Loish level with color at least. Also, I love the fall season and the chill in the air it brings

8 x 8 on birch wood panel + the original doodles that lead to the painting. This painting brings back memories of childhood.

These are my two oldest grandkids, as they looked the last time I have seen them, almost 10 years ago. Right then Yoshua was 8 and Emma 6.

Posca & Liquitex paint pens with Windsor Newton brush markers on Typhoo tea bags... Tea addict - got to make use of the abundance of tea bags somehow.

funny activities, look and find and coloring books

Don't cry over spilled coffee... Doodle over it! ;)

that’s how I’m spending the spring weekend, when it’s -8 °C outside

Painting, drawing, crayoning, markering (I just made that word up)...it's always more fun when a child is involved, even when they purposefully color over a character. It adds character to the character, no?

Little fox dude adoring the crescent moon

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Psychedelic landscape time again!

If your kid is gay accept them. Banner I will carry in a Pride Parade. Influenced by posters of the 1960s, an era I grew up in.

Malacophily is pollination by slugs and snails. This is my Nye Beach banner for 2024. They hang for the summer and then get auctioned off with proceeds going toward children’s art programs.

Ink, charcoal and carbon pencil on paper

Ink, charcoal and carbon pencil on paper

Strange friends connected through love and understanding.

My book Kimbop Was Born To Explore! Is now available on Amazon! Great for readers 7 and up but can be read to kids of all ages! 32 pages of illustrated fun! Explore with Kimbop! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M4THLX5

Floating out of orbit after being stuck by many asteroids.

Kitty Birdy Zen Trip - my daughter is always asking me to draw a kitty and a birdy, so I decided to combine them for this meditative art exercise.

Nye Beach archway here in sunny Newport, Oregon. Here are some Nye Beach regulars to greet you, give you flowers, and take you to lunch. Welcome!

This new patient is kind of a prick.

Your tarot card for the day: The Magician.

Nothing quite like sitting around a campfire with your best buddies.