Everyone should see the movie Food Inc.

Video from my work!

The political cartoonist Walt Handelsman for Newsday, a newspaper on Long Island, came to speak to my class. You can see my kids, their work hanging on the wall, and at the end of the video there is yours truly with my teaching assistant. He's got some great cartoons!
Copy and paste this link into your browser:
http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog/2009/07/video_me_and_the_kiddies.html

More figure drawing at the Society of Illustrators!

Tuesday, July 7:

Figure Drawing at the Society of Illustrators!

Tuesday, June 30:

Gardening Book Cover

Digital painting

This was done in digital illustration using Corel painter.

Ellen & Kirk painting

12 x 24 oil on masonite

Active Minds Poster Contest

I won this contest at school! It is a poster that promotes mental health on college campuses through awareness. 8x10 watercolor and ink.

30 Faces

Here they are!
Lindsay: acrylic. Fran: micron pen. Mike Rowe: oil rub (used him twice!). Pamela: crayon. John: digital. Cat: oil. Sally: torn paper. Mike: charcoal. Kevin: ballpoint pen. Matt S: sequins! Abby: conte crayon. Jihad: watercolor pencil. Katie: fingerpaint. Kyle: chalk. Jordan: pastel. Kirk: colored pencil. Sarah: watercolor. Nick: value scale markers. Brian: froot loop dust. Sarah: thread. Perry: stamps. Erika: gauche. Jasmine: marker. Keith: scratchboard. Me: lino cut. Andrea: wood with staining markers. Jesse: carbon copy. Mike: stencil. James: oi pastel. Matt C: graphite.

Thanks for the reference photos, and forgive me if I did not do a flattering likeness--time and materials were against me!