I went sketching with Vanessa on Saturday in her neighborhood. There are some beautiful homes close to the Xavier campus. Vine Video: h...

Cherry Blossoms in Spring Grove I know I need to post more Italy sketches, but here is another little intermission. We FINALLY got ...

Deep conversations... Although I am paying due penance for taking a vacation in the form of a mountain of deadlines, I sneaked out this ...

Family who traveled with me: Tom, Maria, Gaby, Susan(Mom), Rosie and me peeking from behind. This was in Greve in Chianti as part of our ...

Siena circa 2006 This is a crazy week of deadlines and prep to head out to Italy next week. To warm up since the weather has kept me fro...

Cosmo the Papillon I have been super-swamped lately. Plus, I am preparing to go on vacation to Florence and Milan, Italy mid-March so de...

Chapter 7 Full Page Illustration I have had so much fun working on these black and white illustrations for Wordsworth and the Dragon ! I...

Where is Bette Davis when you need her... As many know, I have been a huge Downton Abbey fan. So, of course, last night's episode wa...

A little quick painting to celebrate the season! And of course a little Ultimate Sinister concept painting showing the heartbreak of jil...

Amy Bogard and I took a quick detour to the Cincinnati Art Museum to sketch after the Illustrators Lunch at Arthur's. We could not...

Quick Watercolor Study I did a couple quick sketches for my class of David Tennant Thursday evening. Here are some scans. He has an in...

Fairy House Exhibit I went with my friend Amy to Krohn Conservatory after the weekly illustrators lunch for a quickie sketch session. ...

Miffy Watches the Snow We got a little snow last week and I could not resist doing a quickie sketch of Miffy watching the snow fall. Bot...

Benedict Cumberbatch I was showing my class Tuesday about quick studies for portraits and did these in my sketchbook for them. Great fun...

I will be signing A Warm Winter Tail on February 2nd, 2pm at Blue Manatee . I will be doing a drawing demo and then sign books! It is als...

Sketch of the Driskill Hotel where the Anniversary Party was held As promised, more sketches of Austin. Our purpose for the trip was f...

Definitely a picture in need of a story... I have more Austin sketches to post, but I also finished this sketch over vacation. I have be...

The view from the patio of our hotel in Austin. Our hotel was very clean, meticulously so. It was odd to me then when I went to sketch o...

Happy Birthday David Bowie! A quick sketch... I have been trying to sketch a little here and there in my sketchbook as much as I can.  ...

From the Sensational Beginnings website I did a selection of illustrations for this Encyclopedia Britannica Kids tou chTAB toy and just...

The Sinister blows off a little steam in the library... I actually did these a couple weeks ago but am posting them in honor of Downton ...

Little sketch done at my friend's New Year's Day brunch Happy New Year! A lot of great things happened in 2012 and I am looking ...