Coachwhip, iteration number one. The drawing is ink on gray paper, 30 x 44.” Oh, and I played hooky this afternoon and birded Central Park; more…

From Barnegat Lighthouse, Long Beach Island, NJ more…

And to add a few species more…

To add to the bird list from the canyon: more…

Hey - I’m in Altadena, California, the land of multi-million dollar homes situated precariously on denuded crumbling granite mountain slopes prone to fire and mudslides, more…

Random event/music post, to fill the time while I begin that new large drawing (after a number of hours of work, it still barely registers in a jpeg): Last night I saw Bubblyfish play at The Tank. If you haven’t enjoyed the pleasures of 8-bit electronic music played on Gameboys, visit her site here or her myspace page here. Glomag also provided an invigorating set, despite tech difficulties that knocked out a channel. I left in a fine mood indeed. Suffice to say I’m doing a lot of dancing around while drawing today.

I’m starting on a couple of new larger drawings, and because I have never really drawn a snake,* I have done a few rough sketches to see how the expression changes with the shape of the head. more…

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