post birthday tinkering

Another birthday has come and passed....have you ever got the feelings that your wrinkles are coming faster than the birthdays?
I wanted to play with contrast this morning, so I pulled out the gouache and found a great portrait off of flickr, and started to play. This is the result.

Another moly 24 contribution

I did a little painting in our moly 24 group on a moleskine that I received in the mail a couple of weeks ago. Sorry about the poor quality photographs. The computer that I have my scanner attached to is in the shop getting a new power supply.......

more HALLOWEEN eggs...

The egg painting continues. Hopefully I'll have enough time before the 31st to do a few more, at least enough to fill a half-dozen container.

It's ALIVE...ALIVE!

This morning I woke up with Halloween on my mind....that, plus a hankerin' to paint. So, as any other LOGICAL person would conclude, I decided it was TIME TO DO HALLOWEEN EGGS! This was the result...brahhhaahaahahaaa!!

I will say that my wife was pretty disappointed when I went to the fridge, got out the eggs, and it WASN'T because I was making breakfast!!
I can't wait until next Spring to do Easter Jack-o-Lanterns.

returning to youth, yet again.....

I've been journaling and remembering with a brush odd things here and there from my youth. This is what came out the last couple of days.

Journaling...again

After a brutal day at work, I found myself longing just to doodle aimlessly. So when I got home, I rummaged through some old photos and journaled a train of thought that ended up somewhere I wasn't expecting, but had fun anyway. My favorite was going back to a journal from when I was 4 and copying a picture that I drew when just a youngster. I liked the way that it's innocence contrasted with the other images.
I enjoyed it, the journey was fun....

It's been a long time....

Some changes have recently happened in my life which have made it necessary to shift my attention and time elsewhere. Consequently, I haven't had a chance to draw/paint for a bit. Thankfully, I got a moleskine in the mail the other day from our swap group. Knowing that I HAD to do my part to not hold up the process, I was somewhat forced to sit down and let the paint flow. I'm grateful, it was good to escape with ol' jack into the bean maze.