lunch, pizza and crayons

more restaurants need white paper on the tables and crayons on hand! 

mall sketching

my father and i had to wait for the shopping excursion to arrive, so we hunkered down in a coffee shop, had some sugary drinks and chatted. 

tools: [pilot V5 pen, pitt brush pens (cool gray), white gel pen, all in a strathmore toned sketchbook]

sketching the chef

i got to watch my adorable executive, personal chef make me dinner the other night. while she was making a mess, i blasted out some quick gesture drawings of her in action. some are not so flattering! 
tools: [pilot falcon filled with noodle's black eel ink, watercolor in a strathmore toned sketchbook]

[edited] wed. night paintin'

while all of us artists were having a delicious burger, we decided to create a still-life at the studio and all of us would paint it! some of the artists had never painted a still-life before! it was a pleasure to see all of our different approaches and styles all from the same subject matter! 

oil paint on MDF board

EDITED! 
here is the same painting touched up a bit! 

greenfront burgers, mmmmmmmm

i had a rough day and i ended up taking myself out for a burger. when i sat down there were a few people to sketch, and one was "pat" the chef from the back. he sat patiently for a bit then took off. then more people left, then more, then everyone was gone except for the staff and myself. so i arranged a little "greenfront still-life" at my table and set to work. the bottles were a great subject and had some really cool reflections for my white gel pen. 

pilot V5 pen, gray pitt pens, white gel pen, strathmore toned sketchbook 

oil paintin'

oil on gessoed MDF board. 

creepin' at a staff meeting

with veteran's day falling on a tuesday, we had a superintendent's day on monday. so the day was filled with training and meetings. in order for me to concentrate i have to be doing something while the meeting is happening. for example: doodling through high school chemistry got me a 94 on the regent's exam (boo-ya).