Flattened Out

Again, the pencil theme! See’em all here. This post is definitely a reflection of my thinking on an upcoming exhibit that will feature 3 of my wooden pencils. See blurb below.

Flattened Out Pencil (click on image to enlarge)

Upcoming exhibit:

“When you hold [them], it’s mildly perturbing in a cognitive sense primarily because of [their] hexagonal shape, which your whole hand infers based on years of thumb, index, and middle finger experience. Again, [these pieces are] meant to celebrate a widely-employed cultural artifact, one that allows the user to do and undo graphic expressions.” Upcoming show at the Dairy Barn in Athens, OH. April 24 – June 14, 2026

Back a few rows…

…there was this guy up in the air.

back a few rows


Reference photo:

Dreamy progress video:

Sketch Club stats:

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More Tap Handles

I’m increasingly fascinated by these artifacts. I’m even a little disappointed when I see the neutral black tap handle. Don’t get me going.

More Tap Handles

Wooden Pallets to Sawhorses (aka Trestles or Saw Stools)

See video of process below. (Almost forgot, I’ve illustroblogged about the “sawhorse” which is related to this one.)

Sketch Club is a great note taking tool. I misspelled trestle…please fix it in your own head.Video of construction summary:

Thanks to Tightwad Workshop on YouTube! Go on, click on that video:

the art of the deal

the art of the deal

iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Sketch Club, iColorama

Sand Hill Cranes in Ohio

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)

Some Tap Handles at The Side Bar in Athens, OH

Sketch Club Stats: Freehand iPad painting using photo reference, Apple Pencil, Sketch Club, and iColorama. Details in Sketch Club follow:

Reference Photo:

 

Rev. Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)

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

Photographic Memory: Indelible Grief

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

Press Release