I'mmmm baccck!!!!!

I looked out the window this morning, saw this man sitting on the bench and thought it's a new month I think I'll do a quick sketch and start posting again. Now that I'm looking at the sketch I realized that he's sitting on half a bench! Is it still artistic license if it was an unintentional omission? The rest of the bench was boring anyway, you’re not missing anything. It’s ironic that most of the people who use this bench look like they have no visible means of support, this guy does and I leave it off. Maybe it’s my subconscious making a statement. Maybe I'm rambling. Maybe I should get to work.

More old stuff

This is a copper wire sculpture also done in 2003.

Really old stuff

This is a mild steel sculpture I did in 2003. It is also a desk lamp with a 12 led cluster in the dragonfly's head.

Continuing the sleeping dog theme

This is Cubit, or Cue for short. Cue was my replacement search dog for Keli. While Cue held great promise in temperment and drive, his legs failed him. They never quite grew to full length. The name "Cubit" comes from the ancient measurement, a cubit is about 18 inches which is how tall an adult male cattle dog should be. Ironic that Cubit never reached a cubit isn't it? Looking a Cue puts in mind a cross between a cattle dog and a pot belly pig. Nice dog, not search dog material however.

In this drawing I put the blackest black in the background and the lightest areas in the foreground. Reversed from the usual method of creating depth, but I think that the drawing still works correctly.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Grace the whippet lying on the couch. Conveying a brindle coat through value changes was an unsuccessful exercise I'm afraid.

Woods Sketch

Saturday was spent in the woods visiting with members of the canine search and rescue unit of which I was once a member. This sketch done while we talked was the result. Now that I look at the sketch it turned out better than I thought at the time. While the items in the fore ground are not as realized as they should be the back ground, I think, works well. It was interesting to figure out just how much to do to convey the density of the forest while keeping it generalized and light enough to remain in the back ground. I spent the most time on the stump in the front right and it's the part I'm least happy with.

February 15th

A study of light on glass. I'd like to rework the text to get its perspective right. There's those corner fence posts which keep turning up in my sketches.