Summary: Top 5 tools to help motivate you as a creative. I share insights on building a life around your creative passions. Additionally, I address common issues like feeling burned and overwhelm. Transcription Recently I had a question online about MOTIVATION, and it’s gotten me to think a lot about the topic. One of the… Continue Reading
Experimentation, Side Hustles, and Gouache Painting Summary: In this Vlog Post we discuss the importance of side projects and staying fresh creatively. I create one in a series of six gouache paintings; “Gus.” Embracing creative curiosity, exploring new techniques, and allowing ourselves to fail and grow through iterations. BONUS: Music Video! Transcript: Hey there, welcome… Continue Reading
Summary: Join me for a reflective walk through my watercolor technique, thoughts on artistic growth, and a book recommendation that inspires creative expression. Transcript Intro Hey there, on today’s Walk and Talk I want to talk about steps. We take steps all the time, and steps help us reach our destination. In illustration, we take… Continue Reading
Summary: Sharing my thoughts on the importance of making time for creative pursuits, by way of a relaxing sketchbook drawing. Highlighting the joy of exploring art without pressure. Let’s celebrate The Gift of Time together! Time—it’s one of those things we never seem to have enough of. And as creative individuals, it can be really… Continue Reading
Wow. I’m actually done with this project. It’s been a part of my life since starting on it in 2014. I can hardly believe it’s really been that long! Let us begin with a brief summary from the publisher’s website, FoolscapPress.com/books. There are still copies available at the time of this writing. The Story of… Continue Reading
Summary: Nameless Toads Playing Cards, Clandestine Notes, and Surprises! And so it was, that on a bright afternoon friend and fellow Foolscap Press owner Larry VanVelzer stopped by the studio to ask me to create a watercolor as a surprise birthday present for his wife and partner Peggy Gotthold. Without hesitation we set about crafting our… Continue Reading
Summary: A brief discussion of diabolical draftsmanship and details discovered during the creation of this devilish illustration. Ok, truth time. I listen to the Grateful Dead… a lot. I know a lot of you might be stunned, but I feel like I just need to come clean on this one. Anyway… this project starts with the Grateful Dead song, “Friend… Continue Reading
Over the last few months I have been listening to the unabridged Blackstone Audio of Moby Dick. Along the way the story has seeped into my thoughts and drawings. I present to you some work that I made along the way. As it turns out, I am a little obsessed with illustrating stories. Hmm, perhaps there a… Continue Reading
Summary: An illustration based on my visit to the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.… Continue Reading
Summary: Detailed process of watercolor techniques, inking, and colored pencils for an children’s book illustration. Happy New Year! A few of you may have seen via my Instagram feed that I was developing a character study for my Sherlock Holmes character. For those who were paying particular attention, you would have noticed that I did… Continue Reading
