Brown ink is fun...

I was out of brown ink, so I went out to the Art Store (or Blick Art as it is now called) and bought a bottle of Windsor and Newton sepia ink. I don't know exactly why, but using brown ink has always been exciting for me. I love black, but throwing a line around in brown is where the real fun lies.

I also got talked into working with oil pastels again, something I have not done in years. I don't know why I went over almost completely to soft pastels. Sure, it is fun pushing powder around on a richly textured paper, but the oil is a blast, particularly when you underdraw lightly, wash it with mineral spirits, then overdraw and use sgraffito to let the underdrawing come through.

So, yes, I am still making art at a crazy pace, even with all of the other stuff that needs to be done. A visit to the lovely tropical plants at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers has given me a whole bunch of new ideas (and watch out for new ideas. Dangerous). I am also still plugging away (slowwwwwwwly but surely) at getting an art website up, so you will be able to see my work from the comfort of your own cubicle. Now, now, I know, you are not reading this on company time, but, boy does the number of hits go down on the weekends! Ah, chalk it up to Employee Development.