what have I been doing with my time

Time is hard to account for when so much is going on around me. I might be just sitting around doodling and rocking in my chair for all I know.

We have some construction going on in our house which makes it hard to concentrate!

Some big changes planned in our kitchen. And some more tearing out and building going on in the bathrooms too.












I learned how to make a hot wax batik painting this past month,(showing this tomorrow), and I've done a lot of Life drawing and painting too. Next up on the big projects ahead are ten large canvases for our church Easter Vigil. I am just working on the sketches and research for that now.

What I really feel like doing today? Taking a long nap.

more lentil soup

Just a warm-up (pun intended) for today. 

I used Corel Painter to illustrate this one.

and fun

What's wrong with this picture?  A funny illustration sample from one of my Sunday School magazine publishing clients.

sun and sand

Hot weather continues, and drawing this spot illustration makes me wish I were at a beach.

February snow

We began this fine Monday morning with a heavy wet six inches of snow. It is quite pretty, as if every surface outdoors is slathered with a thick vanilla frosting layer. As my son and I shoveled our way down the driveway we agreed that it was perfect weather for snowman constructing. He had to leave for school, and I am working in my studio, and no snow sculpture has appeared in our yard yet today.

I thought of these illustrations that I painted (digitally) for Wild Animal Baby magazine.

year of the tiger

This has been an eventful week.

A whole lot of celebrating.

Sunday was both Valentines Day, and Chinese New Years.

I remember Chinese New Year days from my childhood in the Philippines as non-stop firecracker noise festival. I still shudder and startle at the memory.

And then we had Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras yesterday and today, in stark contrast is Ash Wednesday.

So today I post in honor of the Year of the Tiger.

Next, Valentines, and a love story that I illustrated, followed by Lent, my favorite time of year.

And I will explain why.

This image is titled "Foreverland" and I created it using Corel Painter and my Wacom tablet.