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Dressing up is just part of being a little girl.

Colored pencil on bristol board, 10″ X 12″

One of the more important duties that come with being a youth coach is acting as an on-the-spot medic for all the afflictions, real and imagined, that crop up during the course of the big game.

This drawing comes from a photo I took during one of the soccer tournaments I used to administer. (I have to use the term “soccer” so I won’t confuse my American friends by writing “football.”)

I decided to be clever with the matting by cutting in and adding band-aids, complete with little stickers. I’m not sure it really worked but it was fun trying to do something a little different.

Colored pencil on paper, 10″X12″ (not including mat)

According to family tradition I have some Irish in me. But then again, as a typical American, I have a mixed heritage. In my case a bit of, but not limited to, some Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, English, Cherokee, Chickasaw and a bunch of German. But mostly Texan. But who cares? On Saint Patrick’s Day we’re ALL a bit Irish.

computer illustration

That family of dentists continues to grow. About a year and a half ago I posted a conglomerate of drawings of four dentists, all in one family. Since then two more family members have joined the ranks of dentistry and I was asked to do pencil drawings of the newbies to add to the collection. Here is the entire group; the additions on the far right:

Each drawing: pencil on paper, 8″ X 6″

Darn. I never could get the color settings right. The original has a slightly more blue tint to it, including the color of the paper. Oh well. This is another practice drawing. The source was from a magazine photo.

Colored pencil on colored paper, 10″ X 14″

In an atmosphere teeming with violence this man of faith, a true American hero, insisted on unrelenting yet peaceful means to bring justice to the repressed.

This is a drawing I did some time ago and thought I’d post again. The original is in private hands but I had a photo of the drawing in my digital files. I used white pencil on black mat board. You can see some of the texture in the photo.

“Look! A turtle!”

Outings with the grandkids offer unending sources for inspiration. This drawing was inspired by a visit to the aquarium.

Pencil on paper, 10″ X 13.5″

There’s nothing very special about this quick pastel sketch. It was done just for practice and exercise. I used a photo out of a magazine as the basis.

Pastel chalk on paper, 8″ X 12″

When you’re three it’s nice to have someone around to push you in a swing. It’s even better if it’s your cousin and she’s the same age as you are. It’s also fun being the cousin who gets to do the pushing. Well, it is until a couple of seconds later when the swing comes back and pops you in the lip. Then it’s not so much fun.

I pieced together three photos to arrange this drawing.

Pencil on paper, 13″ X 13″

This is an old painting. Back then, when practicing and experimenting, I would select photos from magazines and try to recreate them in my style.

Acrylic on canvas, 24″ X 36″