December 15th, 2006 – For Briana’s 10th Birthday she chose a horse as the subject she’d most like me to draw for her. Although she knew the subject, she didn’t know what I would choose, so there would still be an element of surprise. I looked up horse images on Google and narrowed the final [...]

November 25th, 2006 – Many times I just flip through the nature book looking for subjects to draw. I found the nautilus to be both a fascinating animal, and it had some wonderful lines and shades to it for attempting to draw.

November 16th, 2006 – I’m back trying to work through my fur issues Fur and feathers still are very hard for me to get to look realistic and not just lines on paper. This image looked like a good one to try. Plus it had a lot of negative space that I could try bringing [...]

November 11th, 2006 – I took quite a long break from drawing, but finally picked up the pencil again and got to work. The image looks a little weird but is from a real photograph of a baby alligator hatching out of it’s egg. No particular reason that I remember for choosing this image to [...]

July 1st, 2006 – I have never believed in giving from the wallet, and would rather give from the heart, but had not practiced it much. This year I decided that I would not give my daughters store bought presents anymore and start creating things from the heart. Aleah is a bird lover, so it [...]

June 21st, 2006 – After the successful Ladybug drawing, I was looking forward to another color picture. In the book I had been using there way a very colorful and eye catching image of this Vine Snake on the flowers. However I really underestimated how much the background made the whole picture and wasn’t prepared [...]

May 25th, 2006 – I chose this picture to draw next for a few reasons. One, the squirrel has enormous expressive eyes, and two, I need to practice on fur. It’s also a pretty cool action shot. In the end I didn’t finish it in the time I had set aside for drawing that day, [...]

April 27th, 2006 – I barely got started on this drawing before I just felt it was too much for me at the time. The intricate details of the wall and mountains which at first seemed easy… seemed flat on paper without a ton of detail. I quit after some basic outlines and attempts at [...]

April 20th, 2006 – Following along the desire to increase my shading ability, I chose this picture as it was cast in deep shadows with strong highlights. I drew the outline, but after that all the rest was done with shading only, attempting to use different techniques like crosshatching or pressure to get the desired [...]

April 16th, 2006 – I really liked the feel of the picture when I saw it, and it had awesome shading potential. My biggest intention is to work on shading to make the drawing pop out of the paper. The organic lines of animals really fits with my drawing style, but I should push out [...]