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Wow, I just discovered Claybord, what an amazing substrate to create on! Here are a few images I have been experimenting with.

I told my boys, "That's you, you and you." They paused for a moment, pointed at the hot dog, and asked, "Well... Who's that?" ... "That's your baby sister." -- Ink and watercolor on 5x5 Arches cold press.

Little monster takes a ride with some sentient flowers.

Many times the craziness of my life makes it into my art.

this pattern is for the spoonflower shibori challenge.

Standing on a cube, With nothing more to do, Than for us to wait in queue, For a chance to use the loo.

Ahoy, me mateys! Jimmy had a fun day on the high seas.

When I was planning this pattern I really wanted it to have a dark background. I built it in photoshop using hand drawn marker flowers but when I try to place them on a dark background it looks ridiculous!

loving the bright winter sunshine but thinking about summer flowers.

gouache on paper.

Stuck on Duckling Outpost, some might say it is a drag, but with luck maybe we'll get to fly the Duckling Kingdom flag!

These are a few random pieces from the last few weeks.

This is the book I made which contains the educational paper I wrote and illustrated about my trip to China in the summer of 2017. I gave a lecture entitled, The Sketchbook: Let's Connect at ICON10, The Illustration Conference in Detroit, MI this past July. I gave a few of these books out along with pocket sketchbooks to the audience. Below are a few spreads from the 40-page book.

Abandoned and discarded.

Today’s adventure took us to the KC City Market to sketch. We rode the streetcar to have lunch and draw. These are my sketches for the day.

Home Is Where The Hurt Is. Gouache on Arches watercolor paper. A painting for all those who came up with crappy home lives.

Everybody's Searching For A Place To Belong

Three kings stopped a walking man to ask advice about their dreams. But the man said, "Oh no please, I don't want to hear these things." "I have dreams of my own although they'll never come to pass... I just work my life away while all you rich guys sit and laugh."

Old Whistletwig was certain this moot could've been an email.

Inktober - Remote

Town

New Matchbox painting. Available on my Etsy shop

Little pause in my travelbook, for little watercolors mixed with ink pen on parisian landscapes

Ink on paper.

Sometimes naughty can be cute.