15 minute sketch challenge..."Very Anxious, if you know what I mean?"

Things got a little busy over the weekend so I took a personal day from work today to finish up on a bunch of things,... errands, shopping, finishing up the video I'm working on, planting all my new vegetable plants and finally getting to the 15 minute sketch challenge... which is called "Very Anxious, if you know what I mean?" Hope you dig it. -MC

New Doodle for this week..."Drago the Hun"

Another new doodle from this past week. I've almost got enough for Volume two of "The Book of Doodles"... I'll wait till later this year and start picking the images for the book. -MC

New Painting... "Shoulder Devils"

I had to quickly knock out this painting before going on to something else... I just had to... the devil's made me do it!!! -MC

New red pencil sketch from a few weeks ago... "The Aim of Tangiers"

From a night of sketching at a cafe in Wallingford... -MC

New Doodle... "The Octard"

A new doodle, fresh from a meeting... The Octard. Part Octopus, part lizard. -MC

This week's 15 minute Sketch Challenge..."Spring Eye Candy"

This last weekend was so beautiful outside that I couldn't stay indoors to do the 15 minute sketch challenge,... so I did it today with an eye back to this last weekend... "Spring Eye Candy" is the title. See you next time! -MC

New Abstract for April 2012... "Imago Dei"

A new-ish abstract for April. I'm hoping to finish a few more before the end of the month. I'm picking several for my new abstract show in Seattle on July 1st. I'll send out invites soon. -Mike

Third sketch from my trip to Los Angeles 3 weeks ago...

It's called "Every Conundrum"... hope you dig it. -MC

New Doodle for this week... "Bird of the Feathers"

Kinda like "Birds of a feather" IETF... but different

New sketch...

...sketch night with LVK in Wallingford. I did two last night. This is the first one. I'll post the other one soon.

-MC

April bike ride...

We had a lovely sunny spring day on Saturday so I took a long bike ride along the Cedar River trail, which you can start at Lake Washington and take all the way to Maple Valley. It's a beautiful ride on sunny days. (See attached pix)
Hope you are having a great weekend!

-MC

15 minute sketch challenge "Sunshine Dragon"

The pacific northwest has had some sun lately, even though it's still a bit on the cool side, could summer be close at hand? Maybe.
I took a long bicycle ride this afternoon and drew this image when I got back. It's called: "Sunshine Dragon"

New Abstract for April 2012 "She's my shaker"

Here's another new one... but wait, I've got more!
There will be a few more new Abstracts posted this coming week.

Hope you like!
:D
-Mike

Today's 15 minute sketch challenge.. "Summer-like"

It was so close to being a perfect sunny spring day today that it worked itself into the drawing. I also went for a long bike ride today.

-MC

Santa Monica Pier, from my recent L.A. trip.

Even though it was a quick 48 hours, I had a blast in Los Angeles for the SILA Illustration West 50 art show. I took a break for a few hours for myself and headed over to Apple Pan for a hickory burger and then quickly down to Santa Monica to look through my favorite book store in that part of the world "Hennessy and Ingals" art and architecture books. Many I hadn't seen in person. Then I drove a short distance to the Santa Monica pier. What fun that was. I had not been there in such a long time. Anyway, here are some pix from that part of the trip. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

-MC

The latest in Doodling...for April 2012 Part one of three

Ok, here's more doodling from meetings I've been having lately. You might think that these reveal something about the meetings I've been attending but would not be true. They are about as far from the topics in the meetings as can be. It's all about helping me stay awake and my attention focused.
Enjoy.

-Mike

Part two of "Sketches from the trip"

This one is called "The Berlin Caper"... and a special thanks to the stewardess on Virgin Airlines, Rachel!
I've got one more after this one.

-MC

Another new Abstract! for April 2012 "Novena Obstat"

I was on a bit of roll when I finished off several new abstracts in a row. This is one of them. "Novena Obstat" and can be purchased at ImageKind.com as a print.
Check it out.

-MC

SILA Illustration West 50 Art Show last Friday!

Here are pictures from the art show at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, which for those of you not acquainted with southern California... is very near Los Angeles. It was a blast with great friends and it all went way to quickly.
I picked up my Silver award for my "Super Alphabet" illustration and got to see my other illustration "Kit Tee Kat" on the wall.
Much fun was had!
-Mike

15 minute sketch challenge "New Shoes"

Hey... here's a tip, when going on a trip... DON'T TAKE NEW SHOES!!!
I took, not one, but two new pairs of shoes on my trip to Los Angeles this week. I did a lot of walking and now my left foot is swollen and hurts really bad. I've got ice on the top and bottom of my foot. Taking it easy today but it's rough when I want to get things done.
Where is my butler?

-MC

New Abstract for April 2012 "Mistress Moon"

I did this abstract before my trip to Los Angeles this week. Check it out. Hope you dig it!

-MC

New Sketch from L.A. trip (part one)

I don't know why this entered my head.... I think I saw a woman that looked like this and then it seemed to me that she could be attacked by a rat... thusly: "Rat Blitzer"
Kinda like "Wolf Blitzer"....