BlogHide Resteemsmrsomebody (60)in bangkok • 3 years agoSketchTravel – Bangkok TemplesA walkabout in Bangkok, Thailand Another walkabout drawing I composed in Bangkok. I loved adding snippets in pencil to my sketchbook of the amazing detailing and patterning I saw everywhere…mrsomebody (60)in sketch • 3 years agoSketchTravel – Abstract ItalyA description of how my abstract images come about Impressions, impressions I remember visiting Barcelona some years back and being completely uninspired to sketch anything. Feeling like I…mrsomebody (60)in hiking • 3 years agoPhotoJournal – Visiting Kukutali PreserveGetting out to explore on a rainy weekend A visit to the Kukutali Preserve State Park Heritage Site Located just northwest of the Washington State town of La Conner, this small park is on…mrsomebody (60)in sketch • 3 years agoSketchTravel in super modern midtown Tokyo RoppongiThe super modern midtown Tokyo area of Roppongi Hills and its skyscraper complex I always bring a sketchbook on my travels, and like to look for interesting subject matter to draw. On this…mrsomebody (60)in italy • 3 years agoSketchTravel in Italy, 2021Revisiting the Stunning Destinations in Italy October 7, 2021 – Back in Italy again after over ten years. It is hard to believe it has been that long. But then, we have traveled to many places…mrsomebody (60)in sketch • 3 years agoSketchCrazed – Portrait of Two WomenPortrait of Two Women I was commissioned to create a portrait of two daughters for a friend of mine’s wife. He sent me a couple photos of each, and I combined them into a single composition.…mrsomebody (60)in eagles • 3 years agoSketchTravel at Wiley Slough – a drowned worldWiley Slough – a drowned world One of our favorite half-day getaways, this walk is little more than an hour’s drive from North Seattle. It is essentially a flat walk along this slough, or…mrsomebody (60)in sketch • 3 years agoSketchTravel in the Painted Hills, OregonTrip to the Painted Hills, Oregon This road trip just happened to coincide with the recent heat wave, making it hard to take longer hikes. We visited the ghost town of Shaniko on our way to Bend…mrsomebody (60)in art • 3 years agoWorld Rhythm Festival – festival artwork creationWorld Rhythm Festival 2021 After the need to cancel last year’s festival due to the covid lockdown, the Seattle World Percussion Society is back with a new summer festival. In years past the…mrsomebody (60)in surreal • 4 years agoSketchCrazed – surreal, lurid, unzippedThe Hand It is an interesting process to take a pen and ink drawing and create a painting from it. I’d gotten ten 12x12” canvases to paint, and I found it challenging to find images to work with.…mrsomebody (60)in insect • 4 years agoSketchCrazed – surreal, lurid, unzippedInsect Dance This image is based on an earlier pen and ink drawing I did titled Insectious. I then created a 12x12” acrylic painting, cropping into the original to paint more or less the left half…mrsomebody (60)in art • 4 years agoSketchCrazed – surreal, lurid, unzippedUncharted Waters The original ink drawing is titled 16 Men on a Dead Mans Chest. This is a vector image I created from my original ink drawing. That drawing was inspired by a lyric from the…mrsomebody (60)in travel • 5 years agoImpressions of LisbonLast night in Lisbon The last night in Portugal as we were repacking and organizing our things for a morning flight back to Copenhagen and ultimately Seattle, I was looking through the 20-some…mrsomebody (60)in steemsketchbook • 5 years agoSketchCrazed – surreal, lurid, unzippedSketchCrazed is an opportunity for me to share the very strange artwork I do. The common thread is in the attempt to explore new relationships of form, contrast, and pattern, and to see where they…mrsomebody (60)in steemsketchbook • 5 years agoSketchCrazed – surreal, lurid, unzippedSketchCrazed is an opportunity for me to share the very strange drawings I do. The common thread is in the attempt to explore new relationships of form, contrast, and pattern, and to see where they…mrsomebody (60)in steemsketchbook • 5 years agoSketchCrazed – surreal, lurid, unzippedSketchCrazed is an opportunity for me to share the very strange drawings I do. The common thread is in the attempt to explore new relationships of form, contrast, and pattern, and to see where they…mrsomebody (60)in steemsketchbook • 5 years agoSketchTravel in PeruLima… Arriving just after midnight, we got our first glimpses of the dark, dusty city on our way to the Hotel Antiqua Miraflores. It was the usual Spanish stye I like so much, painted in…mrsomebody (60)in steemsketchbook • 5 years agoSketchTravel in PanamaMamallena Hostel What brought me to Panama was an invitation to visit friends who had moved there. They were in the mountain town of Boquete, city of flowers. It boasts a perfect year round…mrsomebody (60)in steemsketchbook • 5 years agoSketchTravel in ItalyTrastevere, Rome Our airport cabbie said he couldn’t get us to the hotel, but he could get close. What? It turned out to be true, as the cobblestone roads in this area get too narrow for even the…mrsomebody (60)in steemsketchbook • 5 years agoSketchTravel in Japan, 2019Tokyo and beyond… Midtown and Kagurazaka We spent three days in Tokyo before heading out for lesser known parts. First stop was Ginza, midtown Tokyo. Amazing architecture and upscale…
