We were driving on the way to the museum a few nights ago, and this was the view that appeared as we drove westbound on our way to the freeway. If there had been the time I would have suggested driving to some higher vantage point to get a better shot.
These strange cloud forms remind […]

Today’s piece of artwork is a soft block carving which has been printed then scanned into Photoshop and colorized using a variety of layers, brushes and enhancement tools including such different channel modes as Color, Darken, Lighten, Multiply.
It’s a different version of the same dragon (scroll down) which I painted in my Moleskine last Friday […]

Just get that thought out of your head right now. I don’t care if you’re thirsty, you have five bowls elsewhere around the house you can drink from with clean, fresh water. You don’t need to drink from my rinse bucket even if it takes two hands to keep your head out. Now stop it, […]

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a chance to get out and draw at a museum, so tonight’s Friday night at the Getty provided the perfect opportunity to wind down from the week and to enjoy a little art. The Getty Museum now has two campuses - one in the Sepulveda pass which connects LA […]

A potted cyclamen in a straw container which waits on my dining room table until we take it to a friend as a gift. I think I like doing flowers for Blind Contour Fridays better than anything else.
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Ripley wishes you a Happy (Chinese lunar) New Year, it’s the year of the dog.
Which is pretty much every year, around here.
My friend Armand Frasco asked me if I might be doing a drawing in my Moleskine for the annual event and I told him that I most likely would. So if you haven’t been […]

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If you have been following Blogstory, a collaborative novel project of writers and illustrators organized by Madge of Webb’s Ite fame … then you know that things are really heating up. Will Boris and Mr. Pyre find what they’re seeking? Will Alma achieve her heart’s desire? And why is her […]

Between November and February, Los Angeles experiences “Santa Ana winds” which come roaring out of the north, tearing everything in their path. Rarely do they carry rain, for meteorological reasons I don’t understand, but I suspect it has something to do with highs and lows. These winds are often hot when they come in late […]

This afternoon Ripley was sleeping so soundly on the floor of my office that I thought I could probably get a quick drawing of her done before she stirred. She did move her paws around but thankfully kept her head steady most of the time.
This was drawn with the water soluble Kuretake brush pen, which […]

I thought I’d pass the word about a Net panhandling scam I just learned about.
We’ve all heard about the Nigerian 419 scams, in which the target is asked to help to bring a multimillion dollar inheritance/lottery winning/contract into the US sub rosa, and will be offered a percentage for their assistance. There are […]