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Still reeling from that fire; totally unnecessary. Cover and inside illustration from my book, The Moth and the Sun.

A few drawings/paintings from my class this week. I like to work alongside my students.

But first coffee

It's ok to not make sense. It's ok to not follow a pattern. It's ok to be the odd one out. Life is too beautiful, too amazing, to eccentric, too weird to fit inside someone else's tiny little box of an opinion about you. Break free out of that and live your life on your terms.

Experimenting today with an oil transfer drawing technique. The red and purple lines are oil drawn/transferred to hot press 140 pound watercolor paper with watercolor applied. The oil resists the watercolor.

Baby, it’s cold outside.

Just a witch looking for love.

Illustration made with handcarved stamps.

Fineliner scribblings on a back ground of paper... . . . ... . . . . . . ..... . ... . . . . . ...... ... . . A rabble of sozzled birds on a tightrope of joy heading towards the puppet master up above. . . .... . . ... . .... .. .... .. ... . . . . Prints are available (16 out of 20 at the time of going to press) . ..............................

Playing with the format of the envelope, and making some mail extra fun!

Playing around with water soluble crayon and pattern

5" x 7" pen and pencil on ingres paper.

This is part of an ongoing series.

Kraken Attack :: 5"x7" ink and white pencil on tan paper // http://www.useeverycolor.com

Acrylic on wood

Another vision from imagination .

Tiny starflowers under trees are one part of macig at Finnish woods. This works point is more at illusion than realism

Acrylic on wood

Acrylic on cabinet door

Acrylic on wood

Acrylic on wood

"Contemplation of the Jump" - drawn & colored in Escape Motions Rebelle. My drawings are pretty random, but after I make them I think about them a bit... like... what is that girl in that cave room thinking and why is he going to jump? I should probably know the answers... but I don't.

Here's a sketch of the Osprey Pens Pen Factory, drawn with an Osprey Milano 5.5 Flexpert Hourglass nib using Noodlers Black Ink. Great pen!

85% chance of brain. I had a brain storm today.

This was a morning doodle that took me into the afternoon. It’s so hard to stop!

Birds bikes and bells. It started as a quick bike doodle and then I got carried away. I kinda like getting carried away. I seldom know where it will end up.

A simpler & graphic style with Lamy fountain pen and Pentel brushpen