Seeing

I had to add three temporary eyedrops to the two I normally take because of a recent glaucoma-related procedure. It’s a long story, goes back to 1998. When I saw all of the little eyedrop containers huddled together this afternoon in a little basket, I noticed seeing them while I looked at them.

James Carville, tranquillized

Some details from the Sketch Club app:

Extreme Huskies’n Stuff

Our guide was wonderful. She taught us both how to dog sled, how to mush, how to ride along, and how to love dogs even more! At the end of our excursion, she introduced us to the entire dog team…one by one and by name! Here’s to you, Maestra! Extreme Huskies near Ivalo, Finland.

Extreme Huskies

Click on these to enlarge them:

A few faces from 2023

As traces of 2023 begin to fade away, may we approach 2024 with humility and curiosity.

As seen on portfoliolongo

Roughly Nov. 2022 – Nov. 2023 (CA to OH)

Here’s a video summary of many (not all) of the digital images and smaller videos that I’ve composed on my iPad Pro using an Apple Pencil from November 2022 to part way through November 2023. The time period happens to correspond to our corporate move from California to Ohio. As usual some of the images are cartoonish, some are a little more serious; there are a few dogs, a few airbnbs, some political figures, and some psychopaths,  I’m doing an inventory so that I can pick out one, maybe two or three for a “call for entry.” Feel free to leave a comment or ask a question in the space provided below, and thanks for visiting.

Doorknob

Yep. A doorknob. A doorknob drawn freehand on an iPad with an Apple Pencil using the Sketch Club app.

Knob (Click on image to enlarge.)

I Had an Hour and Two Beers

So, I got to spend some time with superstar Piper, who’s being held by her mom, Vickie, the wife of my friend from childhood, Joe.

Superstar Piper

Ah, the beers?  First, I had a pint of the Irish Dry Stout; then, a pint of Mischievous Brown Ale.
Where: Helltown Brewing, Houston, PA taproom.

Blue Eagle in Athens, OH

My first Athens, OH iPad drawing of a local landmark. Unfolding re-entry story to follow. Sketch Club app, Apple Pencil, iColorama, and an iPad Pro.

40 Court St.

See an accompanying video…it’s a kind of illustration of “value,” check it out:

My friend’s grandson

His name is Sean Reeser. He plays sax; and, he plays it well.
I drew him on my iPad using an Apple Pencil in the Sketch Club app with a final tweak or two in iColorama.
Check him out below playing with @ZackGrooves and Everything Yes, Live at Memphis Drum Shop.

Sean

Copper Pretzel Plumbing on my New iPad

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I recently got a new iPad, a sixth-generation iPad Pro, 12.9-inch (33 cm), colloquially known as the M2 iPad Pro, complete with digital copper plumbing, 512 GB and, by necessity, a new 2nd generation Apple Pencil. Yea, it’s amazing; it’s my 3rd iPad since I started drawing and painting on an iPad in 2013, 10 years ago!


Here are a few other digital renderings done on my new device – mostly composed in Sketch Club using iColorama, Procreate and VideoShop here and there: