Next Art Tool Purchase

This will work great with my Motorola Xoom. This brush works on all capacitive devices, like my Xoom or a Kindle or iPad. It's about $40, so it will have to wait a bit, but looks very promising.

Studio/Office Open House

This Saturday is the Open House of my Office and Studio. It's the place where many of my projects come to life. I wanted to take an opportunity to show our family, friends, supporters and prayer partners the inner workings of what I do. Angie and I are getting excited as we finish preparing it. We talked about h'orderves last night, which is just another aspect of creating! And in one corner of the office there will be a prayer station. There you will be able to look over a list of prayer needs, spin a globe and pray for various missionaries and people groups around the world.  It's on the campus of Highland Park Christian Church in the 2:20 Center. It will last from 2-4PM and you can come and go as you please. Hope to see you there!

Bear in the Woods - Quick Sketch

Here's a quick sketch I did of a nondescript bear in the woods. I used my bamboo graphic tablet and Autodesk's PC Sketchbook Pro.

Three Stooges faces

Here's a quick practice illustration I did of the Three Stooges, one of my favorite comic teams. After watching some of their shorts, I was inspired to do this.

The Crucifixion Sketch

Here's a quick sketch I did today.

Red Painting

This is another painting that I did recently. It has a very intense red theme to it.

Spring Flowers Painting

I've been painting more lately. As I completed a decorative project for my office, I would find myself with leftover paint that I didn't want to go to waste, so I painted a few extra paintings. Here's one I did with a Springy influence.

Brinkley BW and Color Illustrations

Here's a couple illustrations I made with my new Graphics Tablet. These are a caricature of our little Yorkie Puppy, Brinkley. I did a BW one and a color one.

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Artist Notes - I used a Wacom Bamboo Create Graphics Tablet and drew on my PC in Autodesk's Sketchbook Pro. Then I exported them as PNG files.

New Bamboo Graphic Tablet

Last week, my new Wacom Bamboo Graphic Tablet arrived. This is a tablet that connects to my PC via USB. It comes with a pressure sensitive pen (cordless and with no battery). The end of the pen there is a nib (that can be replaced) and in various software I can draw/paint directly onto my PC. The other end of the pen is a simulated eraser. With that I can flip the pen over and it automatically switches to an eraser and it feels like an eraser as I remove strokes from the screen. There are tons of possibilities and I've already done a couple illustrations for a Bible Study I'm working on for Peru. Here are those images:

Here's a link to the original sketches I did for these horses: http://mattsketchpad.blogspot.com/2012/03/horse-sketches-for-bible-study-project.html

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Artist Notes - I used a Wacom Bamboo Create and CorelDraw X5, then exported the images as PNG's.

Horse Sketches for Bible Study Project Illustration

These are some quick sketches for a Bible Study Project I am working on for Peru.