Mental Chaos

All we see is what we think,
and all we think is what we feel.

I used a technique I call "semiautomatic drawing" to make this one.

That basically means I set materials in front of me, and I start drawing without a plan.

"Mental Chaos" is available in my art store.

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At the Door

I blame Genesis 4 for this one.
It took me a good three hours to draw. I had fun with the slightly warped depth and perspective.

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The Old Watcher

This monster makes me sad.  I know I made him up myself, but he feels like a character that I learned about as I drew him.

I would tell you his story, but it's very disturbing. And maybe it would be better if you came up with a story of your own for him.

This was made with watercolors on watercolor paper and a fine-tipped sharpie. 

The Way of the Sea

The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook. 

Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen.

Pen and marker on vellum; based on Psalm 77.

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Self Portrait

In the one art class I have taken—Figure Drawing I—I was required to create a self portrait. There were no guidelines other than that, so I decided that my self portrait didn't have to involve my face.  Then I created my own guidelines:

1. draw right hand with left hand
2. draw left hand with right hand

Strangely, I think I drew better with my non-dominant hand.

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Why I Finish Drawings I Hate

I am not patient.
Or at least, not as patient as I'd like to be.
I have this unspoken rule [about to be spoken] that obligates me to not start a new drawing until I've finished the last one.  It's less a rule than a compulsion.  So even if I hate the drawing, or I lose the exact marker I need, etc., it must be finished before I can start something new.
Sometimes it sucks.
This "rule" probably has a lot to do with my obscene prolificity.

I'm never doing a large scale colored pencil picture again (that's probably a lie).

This is I think the 17th image in my Philippians series.  

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Stand Firm—Pencil on Vellum

 This picture is included in my Philippians series.

Pouring the Wine

This drawing resides at the Icicle Ridge Winery.  Someday I'd like to create a series of wine-themed art pieces.


Made with pen, acrylic paint, water, and colored chalks.

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Building a Machine

This is a pen drawing on some scrap paper glued to a 9" x 12" piece of sketch paper.

"Building a Machine"

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