2026 Sketchbook
About every 8 months I fill up one of these sketchbooks. The book is 5.5 x 8.5" and has 160 pages.
One-point perspective studies.
A small face.
Hatching study.
The resemblance of dogs and their owners, and a nice stairway at a high school.
I often think about John Tuturro's role in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and how he pronounces "obstacles" and "ob-STAK-ils". It gets me every time.
Small face study.
Someone swimming.
I drew this elephant then I was talking to an artist friend and they'd JUST drawn an elephant. Strange coincidence.
I draw a lot of people from the television. This guy is a boxer. I pause the TV and try to draw the subject before the screen goes to sleep, (about two minutes).
I forget who this is but I just thought it was kind of fun.
Sometimes the drawings fall into each other and make interesting compositions.
This was a woman at the airport.
Little landscapes.
Steve Hawk reading from his new book.
The angry cat.
Some small faces from TV.
Little violations. Sometimes a face is made more interesting by what isn't shown.
Occasionally I have the privilege of drawing from life, like this model.
A woman swimming at my community pool.
Help abolish frog nudity.
Some insect studies.
Some more insect studies.
Compositional considerations.
Larger than life.
Tiny profile arrangements.
Caricature.
Another caricature.
I think this is the singer for ESG but I can't remember.
Character with an economy of line.
Train trestle.
Blocking shapes.
People on small safari.
I think this fellow looks a bit like John C. Reilly.
Quick Charles Bronson study from TV.
A consideration of facial geometries.
There are loads of interesting people on the sidelines of sporting events.
Fishing weights from a cultural museum in Nelson, B.C.
A few funny faces.
Run DMC's pueblo.
Thehostess from Penn & Teller's show.
Say what?
That's how they do it.
Glasses are hard.
Friendly vampire.
Art installations at Leo Carrillo Ranch.
Shopping at Costco.
A spread of doodles.
The beginning of Fistful of Dollars.
MMA fighter. I like this drawing because it's so messed up, but it still reads as a believable character.
This fella was in. the hospital waiting room.
A guy from TV. I like the line density.
A simple, kind face.
I work next to the border and see this hillside all the time, and I reflect on the ridiculousness of political borders.
It's fun to draw parkour athletes.
A good resource for subjects are walking tour videos on YouTube. This guy is a street vendor in Marrakesh.
I don't remember what this is but I like the arrangement still.
A fun consideration of form.
Moto GP
A hospital building near my home.
A thick face.
Lawrence Tierney
Some alley studies.
Lawyers and athletes.
Small feet make big butts.
Life drawing.
Tractors at the tractor museum.
Wipe Out!
A small bridge drawn from Google Maps.
Economical character.
Feet from life drawing.
A busy street in Istanbul.
2025 Sketchbook
Grump sisters
Metal dude
Beardo
Long face
Plaza people doing plaza things
Pink dog
Parkouriers
Young people
ICE detentions
BMX
People hanging out
Freestyle BMX
Private school moment
Chi
Deer
Ponytail
Rabbit
Looking at notes
Jail cell
Sideburns
Geddy Lee
Hipster hat
Parkour bro
Penguins
Corrupt politician
Weirdos
Bird study
Cute burd
Rollerskaters
Hand gesture
Notes
Jail slot
Carnival characters
Aghast face
Amateur superhero
Taken askance
Assorted forms
Village by the banks
Disapproving shopkeeper
Quick idea
Character actors
Multiclass
NPC #34
Disappointed face
Sad face
Shocked face
Watery eyes
Caricature
Skeptical face
Concerned face
Worn out face
Elves
Hatching ideas
Guy in background
Faces from TV
Expressive beards
Considering the stairs
Rush hour traffic
Apologetic gensture
Hand gesture
Ruin
Mother and child
Notes to remember
Old bro
street vendor
Missing glove
Calder sculpture
Tunnel vision
Wary face
Quick intersection
travelling lines
City lines
Uncollapsed bridge
Collapsed bridge
Eastgate over 805
Adams over 805
Overpass
Train station
Bridges
Bridge forms
Overpasses
Encamped bridge
Freeway forms
Encamped overpass
Downtown LA (10)
Bridge
Bridge
Overpass
Overpass
Overpasses
Village structure
Overpass arrangement
Between the overpasses
Market
Short arcade
Gas station
Junkyard
Starting line
Hands and faces
Tomb entrance
Inaction Hero series
Dirt postcards
Beardo coolguy
Structural forms
Zombies
Lilac bridge
Hillside homes
Guardrail terminal
Overgrown overpass
Feet turkeys
Tunnel entrance
Sleek cars
Path up
Model study
Crowded faces
Sad guy
Various faces
Offramp
Signage
Valley
Classmates
Landing
Model's hand
Profile
Sad faces
Ditch cleaning with Jesse Arrowood
Ditch restoration
Ditch restoration
Ditch skating
Ditch cleaning
Ditch, FS boneless
Ditch, BS blunt
Woodcutting jig
People on TV
Whiskers
Bass player
Short study
Classmates
Hanging contest
Ubiquitous structures
Ear
Heels up
Hanging around
Profile contour
Another profile
Quick face
Impressed guy
Head trophy
Quick study
Eyes
Hand
Duck and another duck
Mystery Man
Geddy Lee
Quick torso study
Mr Measles
Man in airport
Model down!
Classmate
Torso study
Quick beasts
Quick beasts
Hill climb
Fighting schoolgirls
Coastal home
People standing around
Palms
Invisible chair
Rosicrucian center, Oceanside CA
Profile
Quick contour
Probably Chuck Grassley
Wizards
Quick study
Wanna see a trick?
Spider ideas
Mendocino
Mendocino home
Mendocino roof
Mendocino deer
Bandits
No Kings demonstrations
Hillside profile
ASL and spell weaving
Torso
Life drawing
Sirota Gyraz, apprentice
Sirota Gyraz, 2nd level sorcerer
Parachutists and birdhouse
Happy characters
Sunglasses
Parkour bros
The interrogation
Facial bits
Black Widow studies
Sidecar races
Wilderness creatures
Classmate's profile
Blockhead
Stretching man
Pugilists
Spider studies
Bug forms
Pencil
Keep making lines until a picture appears.
My favorite pencil is a 2mm lead holder filled with a 4B graphite. Graphite makes drawing fast.
Pen and ink
Look twice, cut once.
I love the pen because it’s irrevocable. I am delighted when I draw something well with a pen.
Charcoal
Put it down and push it into place.
Charcoal is like a cross between drawing and painting. Charcoal invites some push and pull.
Digital
Play with the technical.
Drawing digitally feels a bit artificial and constrained but I love being able to zoom, rotate, use layers, and revise so easily.
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