SKETCHBOOK: "Architecture"

Here are a few random images I pulled together from various sketchbooks.

The first series were views from the top of a parking garage...it was across the street from where my wife was taking a class. On each of those evenings, I had a couple of hours to sketch before the sun went down.

The next set of images were from "walk abouts" with my wife in downtown Kansas City (except for the barn...that was in Kearney, Mo). The last sketch is of a church near work, done during a lunch break.

SKETCHBOOK: "Robo-Jay 2.0"

Here's a quick color treatment of my sketch from a few days ago. Didn't want to take any more time on it, so it's still a bit rough around the edges...but it gets the idea across.

SKETCHBOOK: "Weekend Warrior"

I've been reading a book called "Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield...it's a fictional account of the historic battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans (plus allies) fought the hordes of the Persian Empire. It's not for the faint-of-heart, but it's a great read. Oddly enough, it inspired the angel sketch above. Last Saturday afternoon, I had just finished reading a rather intense passage, then took a break to sketch a bit. For some reason, the winged warrior was where I ended up. I've always thought of angelic beings as being powerful...guess that's why, in the Bible, they always had to tell people to "Fear Not!" when they showed up on the scene. I decided to throw in the "elvish ears" to give it a little "other-ness" feel (as if the wings didn't do that enough already).

And while I'm on the subject of angels, I wanted to show a couple of little digital sketches that my dear Mom did recently with Corel Painter. She's 76 years young, and is not afraid to have some fun creating art on the "scary computer". Kudos, Mom...keep on playing!