A buddy of mine got me thinking about Sand Hill Cranes here in Ohio. So, while Annyth gets her hair cut, I had time to play around…over a Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale
Freehand iPad drawing in Sketch Club with an Apple Pencil and a tweak of iColorama (click to enlarge)
Sketch Club Stats: Freehand iPad painting using photo reference, Apple Pencil, Sketch Club, and iColorama. Details in Sketch Club follow:
Reference Photo:
I remember riding my bicycle on the 22-mile Hockhocking Adena Bikeway from Athens, OH to the campus of Hocking College in Nelsonville, OH on Sunday, September 27, 1998 to see the Reverend Jesse Jackson speak at a “leave no one behind” rally that kicked off Appalachian Cultural Awareness Week. Willie Nelson was supposed to be there, but he canceled at the last minute.
Rev. Jackson back in 2015 (Click on image to enlarge.)
Freehand iPad artwork in Sketch Club, Procreate, and iColorama using a photo reference and an Apple Pencil
Kent State University, May 4, 1970. Jeffrey Miller shot dead. John Filo’s photo of Mary Ann Vecchio’s reaction. Kent State Pietà.
Kent State Pietà
iPad artwork in Shetch Club then iColorama on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. John Filo reference photo.
Press Release
Yea, we blew it all right, but it was worth it! Back in December of 2025 Annyth had signed us up for a private glass blowing lesson under the guidance of Tiffany McCann and Gordon Blozy at Athens Hot Glass Glassblowing Studio that took place on Friday, January 2, 2026. It was instructional and fun. Annyth said she wanted a blue and orange vase, and boom, Tiffany and Gordon helped her blow it. I said I wanted a green, purple, and yellow Mardi Gras globe, and Gordon said, oh, a sun catcher, we can do that, and they helped me blow it. That’s how we started off the new year by blowing it from the start.
Athens Hot Glass Glassblowing Studio [Click on image to enlarge.]
Jack Smith: Rorschach Test
A 35-second YouTube video.
Last time it was 30 minutes with Jacob. (Did you click on that hyperlink?) I nearly doubled that this time, as shown below on the Sketch Club stats.
I’m so blown out of the water by Jacob Collier. If you’re not familiar with him, do yourself a favor and look him up. Just type ”J” in your browser’s search bar, and at this point, the rest will self populate, and he’ll appear in your living room with a dozen instruments, an orchestra, and a conductor’s baton. It’s best if you have over 100 guests so he can divide you into groups.
Seriously, he’s one in a million; and, he wears colorful clothes.
Maestro Jacob Collier (click on image to enlarge)
Sketch Club Stats
1,464 brush strokes in Sketch Club on my iPad and roughly 29 minutes, I looked up, and suddenly they were gone. I’m at One Line Coffee in the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Annyth’s getting her hair cut next door.
…looked up, and we’re gone pecans…
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