Coffee

Matthew's Dad

Character sketch for Matthew’s dad, of the picture book The Worst Christmas Ever — Now you know where Matthew got his bright red hair!

Sleepy Hollow/Inktober2019

Frank

Mrs. Frankenstein singing opera/Inktober 2019

The Broom

Sparky

Fall/Inktober2016

Fall had officially begun as far as Henley was concerned.  #inktober #inktober2019

Filbert Fernsby/Inktober2018

Trick or Treat

Weightless/Inktober2019

The Sleepwalker Inktober 2019

Bolt

Happy Monday! Inktober2019

The Duplex Inktober2019

Catching Some Rays Inktober2019

Fore! Inktober 2019

Happy Inktober!

Let’s get this party started!

Suzette Who Set To Sea

Matthew

Character sketch for Matthew, of the picture book, The Worst Christmas Ever. Probably the most fun part of telling a story visually is defining what specific characters will look like in context of the story being told.

Jasper

This is a character sketch of Jasper, from the about to be released picture book, The Worst Christmas Ever.

Autumn Leaves

Having grown up in the Midwest, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the fall season. This illustration was painted as one of the spreads in the book, The Worst Christmas Ever. Although it never made it into the book, it remains one of my favorites.

Good things come in medium size boxes…

Fireflies — Inspired by actual events.

Goodreads Book Giveaway!

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My Advance Copy

Christmas came early this year! My advance copy of The Worst Christmas Ever!

The Spinner

Happy Thursday

Water Polo

Throwing back to the 2016 Olympics — The TV happened to be on while I was looking for something to draw.

Painting

I couldn’t leave that last sketch alone.

Sketching

Quick Sketch

A quick sketch brought to you by the letter R.

Happy

If I had a smiling dog I’d name him Happy. I’d feed him cupcakes and Snickers bars — but that’s not a good idea because, Happy, wouldn’t be happy for very long… Maybe I’ll get a goldfish.

The Fiesta Equation

Can someone check my math on this one?

Bela Lugosi

I used to watch a show called Creature Features every Saturday night when I was a kid. It aired all the classic black & white horror movies: Dracula, Frankenstien, The Wolfman, The Mummy, etc. I painted this one on my iPad Pro in Procreate.

Indy

Painting in Procreate.

Saguaro

I'll take this as a positive sign.

Chili Today!

This was painted in Procreate on an iPad.

The Treehouse

If only there was a place I could go to find a little peace and solitude; maybe a cup of coffee and a doughnut… a slice of pizza wouldn’t be bad — I certainly wouldn’t turn down a bacon sandwich. Although, chips and salsa sound awfully good right about now. Hey is it lunchtime yet?

Pufferfish

Brad the pufferfish was in rare form.

Homestead

I was thinking about what to sketch when I saw this house in a movie I was watching.

Face Sketch

Positively medieval!

Faces!

Pizza!

The elusive double cheese, pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, green peppers, supreme… Never draw while you’re hungry.

Sam

Sam was only 4 days old when he moved to the city.

Which Way Is Up?

Character Drawing

A Quick Sketch

Drawing In Procreate

The video time-lapse replay in Procreate is a great way to show your drawing process. I know I’ll be doing this on a regular basis.

My iPad and Me — Or is is my iPad and I?

Either way, Procreate is my new favorite sketching app.

Drawing in Procreate on an iPad Pro

I might have had a little too much fun with this one, got a little caught up in the spirit of things.