Does this self-portrait make me look fat?

I’ve made 16 posts on this blog, but I have 17 unfinished posts in draft form, waiting to be published. That’s just wrong. So I think for now I’ll tie the score with this post, and then see if I can’t get my act together and finish at least one draft in the queue by [...]

Spring has sprung! I think I need a nap…

We’ve all had Bad Hair Days now and again, haven’t we? Well, today I’m having a Bad Computer Day. My scanner, according to my computer, no longer exists. And that’s just for starters. So okay, okay, I’m taking the hint; I’m going to get the hell offline and go do something outside on this pleasant spring day. (Just [...]

In which the artist makes many blunders, only to have a happy ending after all.

At last night’s life-drawing session, I became acutely aware of how out-of-shape I am as an artist. And I do mean out-of-shape. While trying to sketch the figure on a canvas set upon an easel, I could feel the strain in my arm, especially in the deltoid muscle. I’m not that much of a marshmallow; [...]