Thursday, September 22, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Dinosaur Teacher

No, not a teacher who still teaches the way they did 45 years ago.
Why we as artist, like dinosaurs so much. Some of us anyway. I have a keen interest in illustrating dinosaurs. Why? There seems to be such a fascination with these creatures which we develop at a young age. Especially for those who love to draw. My first drawings as a child were of dinosaurs. I can remember learning to color "in the lines" in a dinosaur coloring book. Who cares? No one. Only those who also like this as a subject. But, because we found something we were awed by so long ago brought us to hand drawn lines on paper. That helped us develop the skills necessary to build other images of form and structure. You had to make the dinosaur look REAL. Shadows, perspective, movement. Then you had to place him in a real looking environment. Then... imaginations began to soar.
And they are still soaring higher than ever.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Keeping up

Haven't been here in awhile. Busy trying to do real work. Latest accomplishment would be the publishing of my wife's and my children's book, "Flip Flop Flo, the Know it All." It is doing well, the ages 3-6 seem to really enjoy it. AND it's on Amazon! A true indicator of success, like getting your name in the phone book back when.
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