Getting Ready

5"x8" Pen on Paper

Theo's dance class getting ready to go on stage!

Sammi at the Window

8"x10" Pen on Paper

Getting back into my sketching.

Cupcake

Just fooling around with my color pencils and thoughts of cupcakes.

Sweethearts for Valentine's Day

These are such the quintessential Valentine Day candies from childhood.

Valentine Ladybug

I'm making this image into cards for Valentine's Day!

Fur Face Trio

Our kitty cats - Sammi, Sasha and Sabrina.

Cat Studies

I started with a pencil sketch of Sammi and did a couple of studies to play around with my watercolor pencils. Not surprisingly, one study ended up looking amazingly like Sasha (Sammi's brother). I really like the combo of my watercolor pencils and pen.

Out Sledding

It feels like winter is here to stay - for a long while!

Fancy S'more

I was thinking how fun it would be to make indoor s'mores since it's too cold to be outside!

after Pierre Bonnard, "The Table"

I read an interesting article in the NY Times this weekend about an exhibit at the Met of Bonnard's interiors. I'd love to go see it.

Nose to Nose

Aren't animals great just great!

Waving to the crowd

I saw an image of President Obama waving to the crowd and liked the compositional elements of having him in the foreground, from the back, in a sea of faces.

Abe

Have Presidents on the mind.....

Clown Fish

I saw this photo in a Smithsonian magazine and it brought back memories of being attacked by a clown fish on my first scuba diving experience. They're small, but don't underestimate them!

Sabrina's Dish

ok, it was late and I needed to get my daily sketch in. As you've probably guessed, Sabrina is one of our kitty cats.

Dev Patel

What an intense movie!

In Coach

Sketched this coming back from my impromptu trip out to SF.

View from Adagio Hotel

I tried out my colored pencil with this one.

Obama-rama

Obama!!

I started this as a blind contour drawing, then added shading.