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Art Projects: The Dragon

Doing some research/practice for a project with another artist around dragons. Here’s a sketch. Hopefully this project goes somewhere and I can push out a few cool drawings.

Back in the Shed – January 12, 2025: Imperfect Action

Snow still on the ground here. Trying to find some time and energy to move forward on three projects I’ve been stuck on for a minute. Found a little inspiration in Jessica Abel’s Autonomous Creative podcast from a couple days ago. The whole thing had…

Back in the Shed – January 5, 2025

[Ipad| Procreate| digital sketch] It’s 2025. No big declarations here. 2024 was a fine year and I had plenty to be thankful for. I think for 2025 I’m just going to try to be more present with people and more conscious of my time. Maybe…

Back in the Shed – November 7, 2024

Catching up on the last 6 weeks in pictures. It’s been hectic but a lot of cool stuff too. First thing is the hot-tub. We I spent a good deal of August and early September fretting over the idea, but we pulled the trigger and…

Back In the Shed – September 26, 2024

Lucky enough to have a great friend in Ann Arbor that can get tickets to see Michigan Football games. We try to get in for a game every year and this year we got to see a doozy against Southern Cal. Compete with a 4th…

Shed Zen: Lake Michigan Waves

Back in the Shed – August 22, 2024

Last week I took a sort-of-spontaneous trip with my Mom and Dad as they were passing through town on their way to the U-P to stay at my Uncle Bill’s cabin on the north shore of Lake Michigan. Side note: It’s funny how “The U-P”…

A Final Goodbye to Pebbles: Our Loyal Protector

I had planned a longer post to cover some of the things I did this week, but that will wait. For now, I want to say farewell to my old dog, Pebbles. We got her back in 2009 when the kids were in 1st and…

Back in the Shed – August 4, 2024

Weekend Bits: I slept terribly on Thursday night, so I ended up taking a sick day from work to rest. Colin was home, so I went with him and Danette on some errands. Afterward, I took a nap, then caught a Nats game in the…

Back in the Shed – July 29, 2024

We finally got a heavy rain early last week after weeks with barely a sprinkle. The last time we got a decent rain feels like it was in early June. Back then I got a handful of cool mushrooms around the yard including this all…