Category Archives: My Process

Portrait of a Book Launch

legbook-group-580 Late last week I attended a book launch panel discussion put together by the Game Based Learning Meet Up group in NYC. The book is "Learning, Education and Gaming" and the panelists were some of the authors of the book: Elena Bertozzi, Ethan Hein, Gabriela Richard and moderator Karen Schrier. It was a great talk covering many different aspects of how to bring games into teaching environments. More →

A Week of Daily Drawing

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I'm still going strong after a week of daily drawings of my food. I started off poorly with a picture of grapes that wound up being so over worked with ink wash that I had to throw it away. Since then I've refined my process and have been enjoying trying a new pen, the PITT brush pen from Faber-Castell. I started using it for the pizza picture above, and like being able to vary the thickness of my line after using Sakura Micron 08 and 01 pens. More →

George Washington’s Dentures

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I visited Mount Vernon a few weeks ago with my family and was immersed in the world of George Washington. Located near Alexandria, Virginia, Mount Vernon was the plantation home of the Washington family from as early as 1674 and was handed down through successive generations, including that of the first president of the United States of America. The estate is maintained well and includes the president's home and gardens, as well as the tomb of George and Martha Washington. There is a museum on the grounds which includes a historical survey of the president's life and artifacts from the estate. More →

Drawing a Basket of Bread

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I drew this bread basket while having a coffee at Choc-O-Pain cafe in Hoboken. It's a simple picture but I'm really excited about it because I was able to really nail a technique I've been working on the past few months. The picture incorporates a combination of ink line and sumi brush work with color in Photoshop. Below are some of the steps I went through. More →

Creating the Taxi Trailer Painting

This post documents the creation of a watercolor painting based on a double trailer I saw wheeling naked Ford Escape taxis through Hoboken. This will be the largest painting to date in my Trucks series. Updates are in reverse chronological order. June 14, 2013 I've got most of the vector art in place, including the taxis.
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