Splashy Garden Flower, Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Painted this flower from our garden on the side of the house. It was a splashy little watercolor sketch. I am playing with how to restore my colors after scans with gimp, so I am still working on all of that. It is a fun adventure.

Tortoise, Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Another one minute sketch. I love animals. I have been sketching these off of photographs from various zoos. This one is from the Tucson zoo. I love to go to different zoos and take lots of pictures of animals. It is good. I have lots of material for one minutes sketches.

Poem, Struggle of Faith, Monday, July 5, 2010

Sometimes I think I finally understand something,

But it slips away like water in a hand.

I have a simple idea of life and God through my story

That appears radically wrong to mainstream Christianity.

I struggle, toil, and study to discover the deep things of God and man,

And I am left with more questions upon unanswered questions.

My finite brain trying to wrap around the infinite mind of Christ,

I am left with the light and dark simplicity of following the Holy Spirit,

Working my salvation out with fear and trembling,

And constantly screwing up because I am nowhere near like Christ.

I go back to the Gospel again and again,

The basics of grace, mercy, love, forgiveness—

My heart dwells there like a child eating candy.

Are we ever able to follow grasp the Gospel?

Is there anything basic or simple about God?

As I am trying to rationalize these things with my mind,

I realize, I am unable to fully comprehend

Because it all comes down to faith.

Sleeping Panda, Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy 4th of July!!! I love Panda's. And I love the brush pen. This guy was in San Diego when I visited sleeping in the trees. I would love to go back at some time, but it will be a while.

Slow down and sketch, Saturday, July 3, 2010

It often takes a physical impairment to slow me down and make me look at what I am doing with my life. I got in a car accident on the 22nd of June and it has resulted in a lot of pain and exhaustion, thus slowing down. I have been thinking about my art a lot in this time. I put these structures and boundaries around my art that I can only do these things or this book and then I get overwhelmed and discouraged and do no art at all. I was thinking today that I just need to slow down and play again with my art. I did a couple of one minute sketches. The one minute sketch comes from the book - Art Escapes- which my house mate Susan Cepin gave me years ago. So, I decided to do this little collage to remind myself to be more playful and just have fun with my art because that is what it is all about anyway.

Cartoon bunny, Friday, April 9, 2010

Here is a little cartoon bunny. It is the first exercise in the book. This is actually the first time that I am making an intention to work through a book, so we will see if I keep to my commitment.

Playful Raccoon, Thursday, April 8, 2010

I have decided to give some direction to my art to get things going and I have a goal to get drawing animals confidentially. So I am working on a book called First Steps: Drawing and Painting Animals. This is one of the little drawings in it.