Friday, May 1, 2009

grand master copy




Copy of a Sargeant's painting.....He is so dang good

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Portrait Paintings







I just finished taking Sean Cheatham's portrait painting class at LAAFA. Sean is a very awesome painter. Here are some of my painting in class.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

fishies




A demo I did for my Illustrator class focusing on the meshing tool....

Monday, March 2, 2009

Big Bear






Some sketches from Big Bear this past weekend. So beautiful with all the snow.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Yosemite Illustration




Here's a demo I did for my Illustrator class. I primary use the pencil tool and the symbol sprayer tool.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Portrait Paintings





Paintings from my portrait painting class last quarter. I took a class at Art Center (nIght program) with Deni Ponty. He is a really good teacher and painter.

Friday, January 23, 2009

DC and Colonial Williamsburg





DC and Colonial Williamsburg




Went to Washington DC and Colonial Williamsburg a few weeks ago. Here are some sketches from my trip...

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Thursday, December 4, 2008

painting using photographs





These are demos for my photoshop class. The idea is to use various filters to create painterly effects. Also experiment with different brushes to enhance pieces.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

chinatown - sf



went to San Francisco over the weekend....here's a sketch done in chinatown

Monday, November 3, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

i know, i know, finally a new post!!



i'm taking a vehicle/mechs class. here's my first assignment.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

skateboard deck



for an upcoming ISM art show
title: It's Okay to be Different

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Italy







These are pix from my recent trip to Italy....Wow, what a beautiful country.....We visited Rome, Florence, Pompeii, Venice, and Siena......

FYI, most of these pix where taken by my brother John....




Sunday, June 22, 2008

little jimmy campground




a few sketches from angeles national forest