NC Wyeth studies

I love NC Wyeth, I've been wanting to get faster at painting, and I've also been wanting to get better with gouache. So a few weeks ago I decided to copy some NC Wyeth paintings in gouache.

I like doing these quick little copies, I think I learn a lot and they're fun. Right now I'm doing a few copies in oil paint.

City Entrance

I've slowly been etching away at creating a new world and/or discovering an old one. So currently my sketchbook is getting filled with drawings of this sort, showing places that I've been thinking and daydreaming about.

One of the many abandoned entrances to Cathedral City.

Christmas Shark Monster

My brother-in-law asked me to paint his skate board for him a few months ago.  I had so many other things to do I wasn't able to get to it for awhile. It was two days before Christmas and my wife kind of jokingly said it would be cool if I finished it by then. My first thought was "There is no way I can finish it that fast." My second thought was "I'd be a total failure if I didn't."

So I got out my paints and started it right then (December 23rd) and finished it that night, let it dry on Christmas Eve and then gave it to him on Christmas.

TJ with the board on Christmas