Going nowhere, full speed ahead.

For what it’s worth, I’m now on Twitter. And while it’s fun, and is the perfect blogging solution for the attention-impaired, I’m already annoyed at it because half of the tweets I left today have disappeared.  I’ve made 35 updates so far, and only 18 are visible. Other people seem to be having this problem [...]

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; [...]

See? I really do make art stuff!

Part of getting my creative act together involves the actual making of art. The other part involves getting out in the world, interacting with other artists, and developing some sort of real-life creative social network.
So it dawned on me that it would be a good idea to combine both, by attending life-drawing sessions. 
The first one [...]