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So thankful for this experience that I shared with my class today. For the last 3 spring semesters, I’ve had the opportunity to take my KCAI Cultural Safari senior sketchbook class to draw from donor cadavers. Every year I am reminded of how amazing and intricate the human body is. I am also humbled by the generosity of the donors giving their remains to train young physicians. The conversations that result from these encounters always prove to be enlightening and inspirational. These are a few of my drawings I made.

Went to see Billy Strings Band live in Philly. Music inspires me so much. Although you might not like bluegrass, it's worth checking these guys out. Great jamming, musicians and show. Anyway even if you hate bluegrass, I hope you like the art that came out of it. I also included the original sketch/doodle. Enjoy. BTW: the song is "While I'm Waiting Here".

Playing around with bird patterns. I scanned in all my watercolor birds and then arranged them with GIMP.

3D Drawing - Ghost penetrating hands

on paper

Tribute to Edward Gorey by Elena Losada.

Piercing through the dark

hand lettering

What's inside my bag? well i bring point n shoot analog camera, a DSLR, pencil box (with pen, pencil and eraser inside), watercolor travel pack from Daler Rowney, mini sketchbook (i use Muji), lipstick, brush pens (Pentel). And no, i'm not bring botanical plant inside my bag, its just something i see and i directly draw it, haha.

ninja tiger's mega magnets. :)

Post It Note Art id FUN. It forces you to be disicplined in the choices you make to create ART.

"Zenalablooms" Doodle fun time .... watercolor/india ink 6"x4.5"

Sitting in my car waiting for my daughter, this is how I spend my time waiting! pen and ink on arches cold press cotton rag paper.

TBT. Yes, time totally rots. And posting a throw back Thursday on a Wednesday evening is my meager attempt to mess with it.

Charcoal and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

A poster I made based on an Inktober sketch (day 8) where I made a small pattern of macarons. I had a lot of fun thinking of flavour combinations for the macarons! I'm selling the poster (and other products, such as mugs and t-shirts) on my Society6 and Red Bubble stores.

Hummingbird III

Skip James is the man. I’ve been wanting to do something music related. I sketched this a year or two ago. It was fun to bring it into Procreate and add doodles, lettering, color and more elements like the guitar neck. I’m always looking for a way to combine my pencil with color and have it look like it really goes together. This one felt right.

Drawing students at work. Mainly coloured pencil.

Ballpoint pen drawings

mandala inspired by Hundretwasser

Printed from real chalk hand-lettering. 'You are Ace' A6 greetings card.

Standing on a block (while two men sit up top), The horse is deep in thought, wondering "Where can we walk?" He's distraught 'cause he knows that there is nowhere to go, And it does no good to tell them, they'll just say "I told you so."

Title: The Perfect Summer Night. Moleskine sketch.

Is there something on my head?

A couple of pages from my 2017 art journal. Lots of random thoughts and doodles!