For James

 Part of the motivation for this blog is to honor James Matthews, my son.  He passed away five years ago now.  I decided to stop thinking about the day I would do art, because I realized that would be a mistake.  You never know when your time will be up.  So if you keep thinking about doing something "some day"  you need to do it now.  Best Son ever and always ready fort an adventure with me, like Belize to scuba dive. That's him in the water on his open water certification dive in Belize.

Manga Octo-Robot

More of a favorites of James.  This is an Octo-Robot, manga style.  It can explore the depths of the sea and it have eight arms.

Manga Style Octo-Ghost

Happy Sunday, I decided to try something different.  James, my son liked Octopi.  Manga or Japanese style comics have a series of Octopi tentacled ghosts, villains, and heroes.  This is my pen version of one for him.

Vietnamese Girl in a boat

Some times the simplest are the best drawings.  A simple ink brush drawing with two tones of grey is tonight's work.

Dancing Girl Sumi

More Sumi now I am back from a weekend college reunion.  This is a ink brush of a girl dancing with a laurel wreath, done i  the style of Norman Rockwell.

White-Crowned Sparrow

Tonight's work, this is a White-Crowned Sparrow done with marker and ink brush.

Standing Dead Ponderosas Trees

More brush work.  This time I worked these standing Dead Ponderosa trees.   The colors are markers and the black is brush ink.

Jack-In-the-Pulpit Flower

Hope you have had a good weekend, this day's work is a Jack-In-the-Pulpit Flower in colored markers.

Geisha Tower

I went to Japan recently.  This was a sketch of a sandstone tower named for Geisha Tower.  This was done with markers.

Tiger Sumi

I like doing these.  They are the right amount of challenge and easiest to do in the evening after a day of work work.  I used the ink brush and three colors of grey Coptic markers.

GoldFinch Sumi

This is a GoldFinch bird done with Sumi ink brush and grey marker.  I actually did this last night but I got tired and forgot to post it.

Butterfly Sumi

The unknown type of Butterfly in Sumi black ink and colored markers.  I did this on one of my flights last week.