Moleskin Sketch #51
My awesome wife picked up on the fact that my favorite ballpoint pens for drawing were running out, so she did a little research and found me (and the kids) some cool pens. They're nothing special, amazingly, just Amazon Basic 1.0. But, they work really well. They have good flow and are very responsive to
It’s Plunger Monkey Dynamo Time #53
Go, go, gadget...fish hands...Yup, this is a nod to the hours I spent watching cartoons as a kid, and in this instance, Inspector Gadget. Not necessarily one of my favorite shows, but one I watched and one that was memorable, and the reference fit this situation. It was fun drawing the close up of
Moleskin Sketch #50
A week after my first time drawing in The White Mountains, I found myself back at the top of another mountain, sketchbook in hand. This time we were hiking the Osceolas, and I stopped at a viewing spot near the top of the East Peak to sketch this really cool mass of roots from a
Moleskin Sketch #49
After 21 years of longing to, I finally made some time to draw in The White Mountains on August 22, 2017. This is the second sketch I did that day, sitting in the middle of the flowing water (on a dry rock) at The Basin. I could have spent so much time drawing there, hopefully
Moleskin Sketch #48
I have wanted to have the opportunity to sit and draw in The White Mountains since my first visit there, with my family, in 1996. I have hiked and visited perhaps dozens of times over the last several years with my wife and kids, but I never had the time to draw until August 22,
Troop 8 Class B Shirt
When I was a scout, my troop had official "class B" shirts, meaning a troop shirt that wasn't the full dress uniform. It was great when heading off to camp, as we could still look like a group without worrying too much about getting our nice uniforms dirty. Once my oldest son crossed over into
Camp Carpenter Shirt 2017
Every year for the last several years, I've designed custom tshirts for our Cub Scout pack to wear to summer camp, all based on that year's camp theme. This year was a little tricky: Cub Scouts Investigate. It took me quite a while to get the images in the magnifying glasses to look the way
Moleskin Sketch #47
Another year of observational sketching at summer camp. I drew this during my week with the troop at Hidden Valley. My final drawing for the week, another scene from the fishing pond. The light in the late afternoon coming through the trees was beautiful, but I couldn't quite capture it.
Moleskin Sketch #46
Another year of observational sketching at summer camp. I drew this during my week with the troop at Hidden Valley. Waiting outside the dining hall, my eye settled on this weathered joint of an octagonal picnic table. Weathered wood usually has so much character and interest.
Moleskin Sketch #45
Another year of observational sketching at summer camp. I drew this during my week with the troop at Hidden Valley. The area around the fishing pond was very well maintained and quite beautiful. This was one of many trees by the water's edge.
Moleskin Sketch #44
Another year of observational sketching at summer camp. I drew this during my week with the troop at Hidden Valley. The troop scheduled some time to fish one afternoon. The pond was teeming with giant frogs and huge tadpoles. This one frog sat rock still for quite some time, so I decided to draw him.
Moleskin Sketch #43
Another year of observational sketching at summer camp. I drew this during my week with the troop at Hidden Valley. I walked with some scouts over to the STEM area for the evening activity and found one of my favorite things: trees growing on and through rocks. I experimented a little bit with some of
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