Some of My Recent Paintings

Bangkok has given me lots of opportunities recently to practice my sketching and painting skills.  I sketched the band "Deadtown Trash" at a club called Harmonica here in Bangkok while they were playing.  You can feel the energy von Rock.  They posted the drawing on their FB page.  The bass player, Aaron, is my colleague at school and he invited me to paint at their next show at a club called Fatty's.  I accepted, of course.
Then I attended a life drawing session with some friends of mine, and I'll be going back until we get out of school in June.  I'm also thinking of renting a space at the studio to work on a series of paintings.  It's good to put brush to canvas and panel again after such a long time, and to get my hands dirty!

This picture shows lead vocalist, Brittany, belting out her tunes, while Steve on guitar rocks the house.  Aaron von Rock keeps us afloat with the bass, and Keith on drums doesn't miss a beat.

This watercolor is from a 20-minute pose at Attic Studios in Bangkok.  I haven't been to a life drawing session for over 4 years.  It's good to be back.

This five minute warm-up was made by painting the negative space.  Not the model, but everything around her.

A five minute study in texture and shadow -- and composition.

While taking a short river cruise, I painted my trip mates.  There was a lot of wind.  I used the river water.

This is a cartoon I drew for an article I wrote for school titled, "If Students Don't Learn How We Teach, Then We Need to Teach How They Learn."  The color version appears in the article.

This is mixed media.  The background is an oil painting I did at a 2.5 hour session, then I used ProCreate on my iPad to add in the electrical pole and wiring (inversed colors).  I'm still working on it.

Finally, I created a website for art instruction for teachers.  It's called teachingyoutosee.weebly.com and it will make it easier to teach, and continue teaching, teachers how to draw and paint.  I'm still building it, but you can check it out.