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Anchor’s Away
Every Captain needs a boat. And every boat needs an anchor! Here we have the Two Young Captains‘ beat-up anchor. It is late and my original intent was to draw something simple. This started out simple, at least. Then I decided it needed some texture. Small, random, odd-shaped dots give the anchor the look…
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Shark Day
One of the characters in Two Young Captains is a mean shark named “Old Crooked Tooth.” Today I decided to do a couple studies of sharks. Once again, I started with a Google image search for sharks. One of the Google suggestions for refining my search was sharks eating people. Although that particular category didn’t…
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A Pirate’s Ship For Me
It is now crunch time. I have promised to get Two Young Captains and a Pirate illustrated and published by July 4. It is a lofty … no, it is an insane goal that is bound to fail. But I am bound to try to make it work. So, I will spend the next…
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Almost-Sleeping Beauty
Whenever I can, I like to draw pictures of my favorite subject: My beautiful wife, Leanna. I drew this one tonight while she laid in bed thumbing through pictures of Joe Rocket motorcycle jackets on her smart phone (not shown). This was drawn free-hand and without any measurements. I like that I am getting…
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Micah’s Graduation
I started this drawing with a fairly decent and accurate likeness of one of my graduating students. I added some items that represent her focus in school and where she’s going to college and ended up with a nice, fun looking caricature.
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Squiggly lines
As I was leaving work yesterday I got stuck behind a distracted driver. We were in traffic and she wasn’t moving forward when the cars in front of her did. She had her hand out the window in a bit of an offhand gesture. I was intrigued. I took a moment while waiting for…
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Two captains studies
I am back to illustrating the next volume of Two Young Captains. This fun children’s book explores the lives of two young men who stowed away and then commandeered a ship in order to search for their father and sister who were lost at sea. The two young captains are modeled after two…
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Quick study of Maggie
Today was a busy day. I found myself nearing the end of the day without having drawn anything. Sitting in my office looking for inspiration, our dog, Maggie, sat at the top of our stairs with a very longing look. When it looked like she might sit there for a moment or two, I took…
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Jacob’s Graduation
This weekend is my son’s graduation from high school, and I wanted to give him a hand-drawn portrait in a frame where his friends could all sign their names and congratulate him. My last attempt and drawing his portrait started with a bad picture. This time I used a more recent photo taken myself on…