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Charcoal and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff

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

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

Graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine run-off on watercolor paper

Fox? Owl? Cat?

Loose copy of "Proton Man" from a boxed toy I've had for years. Colored pencil. What he does...lurch around if you wind him up.

I had a rock tumbler as a child and really enjoyed it. When my youngest was a child we bought her one. She was eager to enjoy it too, but somewhere after starting on that path, we lost track and it everything inside turned into a solid mass. We tossed it and forgot about it. On a recent beach trip, I collected handfuls of rocks, as I am always likely to do, and, upon return, remembered how I loved my childhood rock tumbler. I immediately researched, ordered and eagerly anticipated its delivery. Of course, with Amazon Prime, that was only a couple day’s wait. As soon as I unboxed it I thought “what am I doing?” I have neither time, nor space for yet another hobby. I thought “what will I DO with a pile of polished, pretty rocks?” I would gather them in my hands and feel their silky smoothness. I would likely gather them in some beautiful glass bowl and…then what? I have toddler grand kids frequently at my home. They put small colorful things in their mouths and up their noses and feed them to the dogs regularly. And I don’t even have a single space to display a bog bowl of pretty rocks. So I quickly decided “I’m Returning the Rock Tumbler” and will, for NOW, stick to painting them when the mood strikes.

Powdered graphite and iron oxide from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

I know there’s probably a few decent folks worth voting for come the general election here in Scotland I’ll settle on, though for the most part the loudest mouthpieces seem to just scream ‘bell-end’ to me... I was playing around with Google Translate and various sentences I’d jotted down, and opted to go with the closest approximation from English into German for ‘I’m voting for Muppets’, which is 'Ich stimme fur Muppets'. ‘Ich stimme’ read to me as ‘itch stim’ for whatever reason (anglophone and neurodivergent here), which seems rather fitting as the thought of the worst candidates getting in is liable to have us all come out in stress rashes, am I right?

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

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

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

Exploring how line creates shape and illusion.

Into the Spring Equinox and Easter we go!

Ink on paper

Graphite and iron oxide on watercolor paper

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

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

Charcoal, powdered charcoal, powdered graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine drainage on watercolor paper

Went out, topped up on art supplies and foxtrotted off on an adventure with my girlfriend. Standard stuff!

Much Ultravox was listened to as I made this particular one…

I am excited to announce my world of character is coming to the Sandbox games. I am working on a game called Imaginarium! with Tempest Studios and the game is officially backed and supported by the Sandbox as part of their creators fund. Set for release this Summer! Follow us on twitter and discord. You can find all links at PlayImaginarium.com Visit Mochi and Doodle dog soon in my RPG game!

Getting foxy.

Finished the subject then got flummoxed by what else to add to it - then i decided leave it alone

Graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mind runoff on watercolor paper