Happy Anniversary, Annyth

Posted on March 19, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Here’s a quick, freehand, digital impression of Heinz Chapel on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA, where I got married to the love of my life, Annyth, aka, Zoydenia de la Barca on March 20, 1993. A classmate of ours at the time in the Anthropology Department at American University, Hal Recinos, performed the ceremony. It was a beautiful service, and it marks what remains the biggest and most perpetually revolving turning point in my life. Happy anniversary, Annyth.

(Procreate, Apple Pencil, iColorama)

Wedding Invitation:

Click on artwork by Sandra McPeake to enlarge.

The recessional music that we picked was the fifth movement, in F major, of Symphony for Organ No. 5 (1879) composed by Charles-Marie Widor, often referred to as simply Widor’s Toccata. Click on the YouTube video to hear a recording of Widor himself – at the age of 89 – play his Toccata.

Reception: Christophers on Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh, PA (currently the Monterey Bay Fish Grotto)

the youngsters themselves…back then

For Congressional Constipation and Ideological Obstruction

Image

1962 Corvair Monza Wagon in Merced, CA

Posted on March 5, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Yesterday, which happened to be the day after yet another shameful Republican
“Presidential” Debate in which decency and civility were set back at least 100 years, I saw what I’m almost certain was a 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Wagon on Main St. in Merced, CA, and I was quick enough to pull out my iPhone and catch a photo, which I used as a reference for a freehand drawing in Procreate using the Apple Pencil.

(click on image to view full size)

Establotchment

Posted on March 5, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Procreate, Apple Pencil

Mail Pouch

Posted on February 28, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

I grew up seeing Mail Pouch barns all over the place. I hope nobody minds that I went ahead and had a little fun doing some digital marketing in Procreate on my iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil and my very own finger using this reference photo in a freehand drawing.

No!

Posted on February 24, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Procreate, Apple Pencil, finger, reference photo.

Anyth’s 3 new friends

Posted on February 21, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Dry Creek, Royalston, and Boulder along side her old friend, Mignon Faget, a Sunday am study.

Procreate, Apple Pencil, click here for progress video.

Pavement Ends

Posted on February 15, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Couple of miles away from the 2nd Annual Heart Party at Greenstone, where the pavement ends.

SketchBook, Procreate, Apple Pencil, iColorama

Cliff’n Norm

Posted on February 11, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Study: Conversationalists extraordinaire, Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson. Procreate and Apple Pencil. Getting a little more comfortable with Apple Pencil and finger. Reference photo.

Digital Coffee Anyone

Posted on January 31, 2016 by portfoliolongo.com

Update: July 29, 2025. Our Jura coffee maker is now 10 years old, so I’m adding a couple of photos below that might help tell the story about what I’ve been doing every 3 months or so to enjoy coffee this way.

Procreate, Apple Pencil, and finger…lots of finger.
I’m still getting the hang of the Apple Pencil, especially in the iPad (Pro) drawing app, Procreate. At this point my biggest complaint is that the Apple Pencil is very reluctant, were I to anthropomorphize it, to “pick colors,” that process of touching down on existing colors to select a given color. There are other wrinkles that I’m hoping I can iron out as well. So it’s hit and miss here and there…practice, learning, identity change.

Incidentally, the Jura Impressa C65? Yes, that’s the way to go. Nuff said.

Special thanks to Seth Watkins at Pinhook Farms in Clarinda, IA for the coffee mug.

And now…the updated, 10th-anniversary photos: 2015-2025