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I hope everyone is doing ok especially during this crazy time of quarantine. I’m not sure how everyone is surviving, especially the low wage workers. A lot of their jobs couldn’t be done from home, so I’m really curious about what kind of aid and stipends they will receive. Needless to say, I hope everyone […]

I did sporadic work for the Daily Spitpaint group this week. I did a few in my traditional sketchbook, but I was only able to do one or two digitally. In terms of art output, it was low this week. I was able to do a three-hour speed paint for Sketchzone though; It’s a fan […]

I made progress in my two illustrations that I’m slowly grinding on. “The Guardian” is giving me trouble; Even though I cleaned up the background tremendously, it still looks too busy, unfortunately. Part of me feels I really need to simplify the background more, but I don’t want to have to go back to the […]

Her name is Rio and she dances on the sandJust like that river twisting through a dusty landAnd when she shines she really shows you all she canOh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande I can’t help it… it was playing as I write this post… sort of… I mean, Toto is playing now, […]

2020 is chugging along nicely with the speed paints, especially with the 30-minute speed paints. What I was missing, however, are my 2-3 hour speed paints. I haven’t had the chance to work on a much longer speed paint since about two days before 2019 ended. I have been meaning to get to it, but […]

The pencil was never really my thing. For some odd reason when I do my sketches, I would jump straight to pen. It’s honestly not the best approach since if I was to make a mistake, it’s difficult to take away. But alas, I am more enamored with the pen than with a pencil. Hence […]

So the holidays are pretty much over. I hope yours was a blast as much as mine was. The first week of 2020 was slow going in a way. I mean, given that this past week was “New Year’s Eve” celebration week it’s understandable if things aren’t completely back in the grind yet. Still though […]