Ibises, Cows, and a Rattlesnake

The local Munich ibises drawn in ball point pen.  Tierpark.

Cows got 'tude.  Drawn in Col-Erase.  Bernried.

Rattlesnake!  Col-Erase.  ...and you know where.

A scarlet ibis painted with watercolors.  I love this animals colors.. they burn in the sun.  Tierpark

Mamba und Fauna

The Eastern Green Mamba painted in watercolors. Gorgeous animal! Tierpark.


Head drawings of the eastern green mamba. Col-Erase. Tierpark.


The new lions at the Tierpark! These two brothers have very distinguishable personalities. Ball point pen.


Random sketch page. Ball point pen. Tierpark.


The northern bald ibis painted in watercolors. Tierpark.


... and a cute little cartoon ibis. Photoshop!

Snakes, Ladies, and an Under the Weather Giraffe

Exciting times ahead! Even now!
Here's some recent work...


A gaboon viper drawn in Col-Erase and black Polychromos Pencil. Tierpark.


Gaboon viper painted in watercolors (on Rives BFK no doubt). The painting even made my mom quiver... I think that's a good sign (she's not very fond of these creatures...). If you can't see the snake I suggest you look for the eye. Tierpark.


Copperheads drawn in Col-Erase. Tierpark.


I've been going to the Akthof in the evenings. It's always refreshing to work with the human figure. 5 to 10 min. poses. Ebony Pencil and watercolors.


The DO NOT FEED sign for Tierpark Hellabrunn... poor giraffe. Photoshop.

Thanks for looking!

Watercolors, Drawing, and Poke'mon

Archerfish in watercolor and gouache. Tierpark.


An Argentine black and white tegu painted in watercolors. Tierpark.


My university buddy Joe Trotter sent me a handmade sketchbook with Rives BFK paper in it. Here is a straw-necked and scarlet ibis painted in watercolors on the super paper. Tierpark.


Drawing the giraffes at Tierpark Hellabrunn. Thank you for taking the photos Kim and Maya!


Here are the second evolutions of the Poke'mon Black and White starters. I don't play much if at all anymore. So I settle the urge with watching Lets Plays and drawing fan art. Powered by Photoshop.

Neutral and Colorful

A watercolor of South America's silver arowana (-also called the monkey fish). Tierpark.


Rattlesnake head drawn in Col-Erase and painted in watercolors. I love this animals eyes. Tierpark


My "lucky catfish" drawn/painted in a yet another new sketchbook (Pencil Mileage, baby!). Col-Erase, watercolor, and white gel pen. Tierpark.


And something a bit more colorful! Here is a WIP if Phil the Flamingo. It looks like he's ready for the warmer weather... (and so am I). Col-Erase, watercolor, and gouache on bristol board. Drawn/painted for a class demo at Qantm.

Until next time!

Watercolor Impressions

I went to the Tierpark this Sunday and found myself spoiled from all of the longer drawings I've worked on in the Glyptothek and such. After calming my frustration and watering down my expectations these two very impressionistic paintings came to life.


This was painted outside. The cold air here creeps up on you and suddenly you realize that your body is stiff and shaking. So there's nothing like a hot cup of coffee to warm your insides. Drawn in Col-Erase and painted with watercolor.


Calligraphy style cocks and finches drawing with a Pentel Japanese brush pen and then painted with watercolor.

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Also here's a shout out to Joe Weatherly and Chris Ayer and their up-and-coming Paris show.

If you're in the area and are an animal art connoisseur (or art lover) I highly recommend stopping in to soak up the eye candy!

Until next time.

Sketchbook Studies

Ducks and a goose drawn at the Jagd- und Fischereimuseum today. I've been looking at William D. Berry's Alaskan Field Sketches and in the preface of the book it quotes "Bill's field sketches were his record of what he saw. They were done in the field, but often finished hours later in the cabin, sometimes by the light of a Coleman lantern. If an animal moved off before Bill completed the sketch, he would mark the drawing "life and memory." Bill never deviated from this way of recording, although he appreciated its imperfections. He once reversed the colors on a bird he was drawing, and from that time on, he always allowed room for human error." I was very stirred by this first paragraph in his book and I hope to embrace the "human error" more and more in my art. In ways it is what makes our art ours. 3B pencil.


Various husky studies drawn from these awesome photos. I used my sexy Tuscan Red Col-Erase.


I started out 2012 with some Rubens... Um-ummm good! 3B pencil.


This is so last year... Glyptothek! 3B pencil.

Until next time!