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"God's Valentine" - a Topsy Turvy Time devotional for children. Click HERE for Topsy Turvy Time!

Four kings and a royal barge.
Copic markers and watercolour with pen and ink on bristol board. A5 size. Click to enlarge.

In the absence of knowledge of physical and cultural clues, communication between two species can be almost impossible.
Copic markers with Staedtler fineliner pen. 25cm x 11cm. Click to enlarge.

I'm developing my own system of divination.
Copic markers with Staedtler pigment liners. 17cm x 12cm. Click to enlarge.

An anxiety dream.
Lino cut 26cm x 26cm. Click to enlarge.

At long last I have a new finished piece of art to post:

I suppose I'm reasonably satisfied with this piece. It seemed like it went a little smoother than usual and I managed to keep the paint fairly thin on the background which helps to cut down on time spent on the piece. What bothers me a bit is this isolated pool of red-orange that is the squirrel/boat. The warm yellow of the dragonflies was intended to balance out the orange of the squirrel, but I think they are too small to be as effective as I'd like. I did push some orange-ish color around in the background, but maybe not enough... All the same I think it came out okay.
Prints are in my Shop.

Not only have I finally gotten back to painting, but we've also gotten back to our frequent weekend hiking. We had a good long walk at nearby Bull Creek this past weekend. This trail was about three miles one way meandering back and forth across the wide creek. Where in LA we could clearly see the extremely parched condition of the land in the form of dry creek-beds and trickling waterfalls, here we could see the opposite - an abundance of water. We've heard the reason for this is that the soil's quite thin and underneath lies a layer of rock, so the water can't really soak into the ground and therefore channels into the many waterways that wind around the hills here. You can see how rocky the land is around the water in these pictures:

The trail came to an end in a small dog park. I have never seen so many happy dogs together in one place at the same time. It was fun to watch them splashing around in the water so exuberantly. I think they had the right idea too - it was surprisingly warm that day and the water looked so inviting!

200 cubits tall.
Watercolour and ink 16cm x 16cm. Click to enlarge.

Watercolour 25cm x 18cm. Click to enlarge.

I was challenged by Rodrigo Perez to draw a map of Brazil from memory.
Pen and ink on Moleskine, digital colour. 9cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.

The February Devo for Kids is up on CWAHM. Click HERE for Topsy Turvy Time! ______________

Stylized 3D illustration about brilliant failures in terms of business initiatives.

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This is the first complete image in a new children's picture book I'm working on with local author Patricia Gitersos. It's a very sweet story about a little brown cow who does odd and wonderful things. Focusing on a signature colour each page (this time the red boat) other colours will be a little more muted and soft. It's my first assignment in watercolour.

The August Devo for Kids is up. Click HERE for Topsy Turvy Time!