Shifting gears

One of the most difficult and challenging things for me to do is switching gears (and I find I must do it continually).  By switching gears I mean finding time in my daily life to work on drawings and to sketch and stay loose and inspired.  I have a day job that keeps me away from home almost 50 hours a week and sometimes seems like its about the farthest from the art world as you could get!  That's not a bad thing and I'm very thankful for it but I find that I must force myself to muster the energy to get into the studio (which is a fancy word for small room in the basement ) a few times a week.  I don't rely on art for making a living but I do envy professional artists who can keep their mind zoned in and inspired constantly.  Just my .02!  :)

Retirement caricature

This is Arnold, a coworker of mine that retired recently.  He was so good to work with and very helpful at times that I wanted to give him a gift for his retirement.  He said he planned to do some fishing near his cabin so I integrated the theme into the drawing.  Good luck Arnold!

This is the finished logo of a local band that was designed using my separate drawings. I would like to hear them play sometime!  Don, the one in the beret is who contacted me to do the drawings and he was a dream to work with, providing good photos and he was always very prompt.

Lil' monkey sketch

Monkeys and gorillas are by far one of my favorite things to draw.  Here's a very quick monkey doodle.

Band member

Another band member drawing for their website logo.

Recent commission

I recently drew 4 guys that are in a band for their website logo.  This is my favorite!

Tools of the trade.  Fun tools, creative tools.  Notice also the mp3 player which brings some entertainment to long hours of drawing.  The table top is a large light table I made myself from seeing the one Tom Richmond made that he blogged about two or three years ago.