Primitive Tim's Cross-country Road Trip

One of my oldest/best friends Timothy Raley (aka Primitive Tim) hit the road today in his little grey van on a cross-country road trip to explore all things nature. He'll be documenting the whole adventure on his youtube channel: Primitive Tim. He just uploaded "Day One" today... I'm pretty excited about it. If you listen to the music in the videos, you'll likely be hearing songs that I wrote for him.

Good Luck Timothy!

Still Life

Here's a little Still Life my wife set up last night. I painted it in watercolor and gouache while she drew it in charcoal. We do this every so often, I wish we would do it more. We always enjoy it. 

It's amazing what you think you know until you actually sit down and start drawing. 

There are always whole worlds in the tiny objects you hardly pay any attention to, and when you finally start to see them, you realize you could never capture them completely.

Sketching a Gopher Tortoise

Yesterday a gopher tortoise wandered into my backyard. So naturally, I ran and got my sketchbook and pencils.

Sketching in Downtown Titusville

Here's another short video of a sketch I did on a little break from work. 

Sketching at Fort Christmas

Today I tried to record myself painting at Fort Christmas. It was interesting, lots of things to think about. But it was fun, and if people like it I will try and do it again next time too.

Sketching Chickens

Heather and I went to Fort Christmas the other day and sketched a few curious chickens. A couple of them jumped up on the bench and tried to eat my pencil at one point.