Tag Archives: sketching

I Painted This Smart Fellow at Epoch

July 28, 2009 – 9:11 am

I’ve been out of town! I just returned from visiting relatives in Marin County. I spent most of my time walking the trails, and visiting my wonderful relatives out California-way.  They were kind enough to drive me to a coffee house in San Raphael for a couple of hours, and I did a few paintings […]

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Oil Sketch Pronto-Prontissimo!

October 18, 2008 – 9:32 pm

When I started college, I wanted to be a fashion illustrator.  I went to a pretty crummy state school my first year, and the only fashion illustration class was in the home ec department.  I couldn’t bring myself to sign up for home ec, so I switched over to architecture.  I flunked out of drafting […]

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