From the “Practice What I Preach” file:
Many of you know of my article and video on doing something creative everyday to keep your skills sharp.
This is another example of how I try to adhere to that as well:
My wife is a big “The Bachelor/Bachelorette” fan. I don’t care for the show….AT ALL. But to have some quality time with her, on the couch together we were: her with her show and I with my faithful sketchpad (to rescue me from the agony of that show!).
Here’re a few sketches I cranked …

Here are two new sketches as a part of my “Do Something Creative Everyday” campaign.
I was inspired from watching a documentary last night on Norman Rockwell. It showed how he captured facial expressions by using live models.
I put a twist on Mr. Rockwell’s method by having live models (my daughters) pose so that I could capture their facial expressions. Then I would flesh out the character so that it would have a sci fi look and feel.
Take a look below:

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From the “Practice What You Preach” file. Many of you have heard may talk about doing something creative everyday to keep your skills sharp.
Here is an example of how that practice helps me as well.
Recently, I noticed one of my daughters in a relaxed stance while watching TV. The profile caught my artistic eye. After shouting “Don’t move!” I hurried to grab my sketch pad and casually went to work. Here’s what I came up with. I plan to eventually convert this into a completed digital painting, but even if not, it was …