STUDY OF SETH'S BUSINESSMEN

 8" x 10"  Pentel brush pen in Moleskine sketchbook

ANOTHER STUDY OF OLLMANN'S SEABROOK

8" x 5" Pentel brush pen in Moleskine sketchbook

DRAWING BOARD

11" x 14" #2B pencil, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush and Dr. Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink in Pro Art sketchbook

Thank you to all my family and friends who wished me happy birthday.  I was overwhelmed by the love and didn't realize I knew so many people!  I tried to say thank you to everybody, but in case I missed thanking you I drew this to say "Thank you and I love you all." And as Clarence Oddbody said:  " No man is a failure who has friends."

SLIPPERY PETE AND SCHLOMO

8" x 10" Pentel brush pen and Faber Castell brush in Moleskine sketchbook

STUDY OF SETH CHARACTER

 8" x 5" Pentel brush pen in Moleskine sketchbook

STUDY OF AN OLLMAN CHARACTER

8"x 5" Pentel brush pen and Faber Castel Brushes in Moleskine sketchbrook

STUDY OF OLLMANN'S MR SEABROOK

8" x 5"  Pentel brush pen and Faber Castell brushes in Moleskine sketchbook

STUDY OF SETH'S PEOPLE

11" x 8 1/2" Pentel pen in Canson sketchbook

BOXER ENTERING THE RING

11"  x 8 1/2" Pentel Brush pen, Faber Castell brushes and China marker in Canson sketchbook

CHROMESTHESIA

11" x 17"  Pentel brush pen and Faber Castell brushes in Canson sketchbook.  (Chromesthesia or sound-to-color synesthesia is a type of synesthesia in which heard sounds automatically and involuntarily evoke an experience of color.

GOING DOWN THE ROAD

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Kuretake Fude brush, Faber Castell brushes, Sakura jelly roll pen  in Canson sketchbook and Picasa digital edit

STUDY FROM SPIEGELMAN SKETCH

 8" x 5 "  Pentel brush pen in Moleskine sketchbook

STUDY OF OLLMANN'S SEABROOK

8 1'2" x 5"  Faber Castell brushes and Pentel brush pen in Moleskine sketchbook

DC SISTERS 2017

 11" x 17"  Faber Castell brushes in Canson sketchbook

STUDY OF SETH SKETCH

STUDY OF SETH SKETCH - 8" x 5" Pentel brush pen in Moleskine sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF RALPH STEADMAN

11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Pentel brush pen, Kuretake Fude brush and white China marker in Canson sketchbook

STUDY OF SPIEGELMAN

11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Pentel brush pen and Kuretake Fude brush in Canson Sketchbook

STUDY FROM SETH SKETCH

11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Dr Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Canson sketchbook

WORKING THE PHONE

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Faber-Castell brushes and Fude brush in Canson sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE VAN DIJK

14" x 11"                          
2B Pencil, Dr Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush, Faber-Castell brushes and China marker in Pro Art Sketchbook

I did a drawing of her brother last week and Charlotte wanted to know where her drawing was too.  She'll be five years old next month and is already fighting for justice!  I'm so proud of her.

STUDY OF COMIC PANEL

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" #2B pencil, Dr Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Canson sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF OSCAR VAN DIJK

14" x 11"  Dr Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush, Faber Castell brushes and Sakura jelly roll pen in Pro Art sketchbook

STUDY OF ARNO CARTOON

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Dr Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush and Faber Castell brushes in Canson sketchbook

Happy Birthday Peter Arno (Born January 8th 1904 - Died February 22, 1968.)  He drew 99 covers for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1968.

QUICK PEN SKETCHES

8" x 10" Pilot Precise V5 extra fine pen in Moleskine sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF JOHN ZACHERLE

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" #2B Pencil, Dr. Ph Martin's Bombay super black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Canson sketchbook
Born September 26th, 1918 Died October 27, 2016. Another great who passed on last year.

MR HOCKEY

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Uniball pen and Faber-Castell brushes in Canson sketchbook

Gordie Howe (March 31, 1928 - June 10, 2016)

PORTRAIT OF TANIA VAN SPYK

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" #2B pencil, Speedball super black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush,Faber Castell brushes and ink wash in Canson sketchbook

SETH AND TANIA AT THE CROWN BARBER SHOP

11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  #2B pencil, Speedball super black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush and Faber Castell brushes in Canson sketchbook    

ENDGAME

11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  #2B pencil, Kuretake Fude brush and Faber - Castell brushes in Canson sketchbook

STUDY OF SIMON AND KIRBY

 14" x 11" #4H pencil, Dr. Ph Martin's Bombay black India Ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF EMANUEL LASKER

14" x 11"  4H pencil, Dr Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art Sketchbook

DOPPLEGANGER

 14"x 11"  4H Pencil, Dr Ph Martin's Bombay black India ink and my trusty Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art sketchbook

SELF PORTRAIT 201614" x 11" #2 pencil, Dr Ph Martin Bombay black India ink, Kuretake Zig White ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art Sketchbook

14" x 11" #2 pencil, Dr Ph Martin Bombay black India ink, Kuretake Zig White ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Pro Art Sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF LAM THI DEP

PORTRAIT OF LAM THI DEP - 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Faber- Castell Pitt brush pens in Canson sketchbook

AWESOME

14" x 11" Dr. Ph Martin Bombay black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush and Micron 08 pen in Canson sketchbook (With apologies to and sincere admiration for Edward Sorel because I stole the concept from him and reworked it)

SEARLES PEOPLE ON THE STREET

SEARLES PEOPLE ON THE STREET - 11" x 17" Speedball super black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush and Faber-Castel brushes in Canson Sketchbook

SHADOW

 11" x 17" Dr. Ph Martins Bombay black India ink, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Canson sketchbook

PORTRAIT OF ABBIE HOFFMAN

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Faber-Castel brushes, Speedball super black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Canson sketchbook

I forgot that yesterday was his birthday (Nov 30, 1936 - April 12, 1989).  Can you imagine what he would have to say at age 80?

FORECLOSURE MACHINE

11 1/2" x 8" Pilot Precise V5 extra fine pen and watercolor in Moleskine sketchbook.
So here is Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary: Steven Mnuchin.
What's his story?
"Mnuchin’s hedge fund also played a role in the housing crisis after it scooped up the failing California bank IndyMac in 2008. Under Mnuchin’s ownership, IndyMac foreclosed on 36,000 families, particularly elderly residents trapped in reverse mortgages. People would go to Mnuchin’s home to protest outside as they were foreclosed out of their own homes. Mnuchin was accused of running a foreclosure machine. The bank, which was renamed One West, was also accused of racially discriminatory lending practices. In 2015 Mnuchin sold a bank for $3.4 billion, $1.8 billion more than he bought it for." - Amy Goodman

BILLIONAIRES BOYS CLUB

11 1/2"x 8"  Pilot Precise V5 extra fine pen, Kuretake Fude brush and watercolor in Moleskine sketchbook

Reince Priebus and Donald Trump met Mitt Romney yesterday at Jean-Georges, a 3 star Michelin restaurant at Trump's hotel.  Romney explained what he meant during the campaign when he said  “Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He’s playing the members of the American public for suckers. He gets a free ride to the White House, and all we get is a lousy hat.”

PORTRAIT OF JOSH BRANDT

 18" x 24" Speedball super black India ink,
Raphael 8404 # 3 brush and Faber-Castel brushes on Strathmore paper
Made this for my pal Joshua Brandt, a hard working, fun loving entrepreneur who is a devoted Yankee baseball fan. This is your Topps baseball card buddy!

BRUSH AND INK STUDY

 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"   #2 pencil, Winsor Newton Series 7 #2 brush and Speedball super black India ink in Moleskine sketchbook.  Simon and Kirby panel.

PROFESSOR CORNEL WEST

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" Fude brush and Faber-Castel brush pens in Moleskine sketchbook.

“To be a Christian - a follower of Jesus Christ - is to love wisdom, love justice, and love freedom.”

THE PROFESSIONAL

11 1/2" x 8 1/2" #2 pencil, Speedball crowquill pen, super black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #3 brush in Moleskine sketchbook

“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.” - Steven Pressfield

DREAM JOURNAL

10 1/2" x 8 1/2" #2 pencil and Faber-Castell brushes in Strathmore sketchbook
I woke up from a dream this morning and immediately started to loosely draw in my dream journal. This is important since dreams are ephemeral.
In this dream I was about 10 years old and have been caught drawing in class instead of paying attention to the teacher. The drawings were satirical renderings of various teachers and this particular teacher is not amused. He sends me down the hall to the principal's office. Dum, dee dum dum!
The principal is looking at the drawings and starts laughing so hard tears are rolling down his face as he is slapping his hand on his desk. He is beside himself, hysterical. Finally, he pulls it together and he starts the familiar lecture about how I need to fit in, to conform, to be a productive member of society, etc.
I look up at the principal and he has turned into a gorilla! He is still trying to lecture me but has to bite his tongue to try to maintain some sense of seriousness. I tell him " Too bad your Monkey's mad". Then I woke up.
The strange thing about this dream is that it is similar to a couple of incidents that happened to me in real life. I was no stranger at the principal's office, and once a principal did laugh at some funny drawings i did, then gave me "The Lecture". Of course I never talked back, promised to do better, and slid back to class.
I don't recall a time when I didn't draw, and sometimes in school I was allowed to draw something authorized in order to get extra credit to keep from receiving a failing grade. So drawing was sometimes a blessing.
I think it is obvious that the gorilla (or monkey) symbolizes that inner critic we all must defeat as we continue to stay creative.

BRUSH AND INK STUDY

 11" x 14" Speedball super black India Ink and Raphael 8404 # 3 brush in Canson sketchbook

IDIOT BOX

10" x 8"    #2 pencil, Speedball super black India ink, Raphael 8404 #3 brush and Faber-Castell Brush in Moleskine sketchbook

I've finished re-reading Four Arguments For The Elimination Of Television, and with all that is going on in the world I just had to add my self portrait version of a sketch originally by R Crumb.

PORTRAIT OF SUSAN SONTAG

11" x 14" Speedball black India ink and Winsor Newton Series 7 #2 brush in Canson sketchbook

"Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech."

JUSTIN GREEN AT THE BOARD

10" x 8"  #2 pencil and Faber-Castell brush pens in Moleskine sketchbook (from photo)

One of my favorite artists and musicians.  His pen and ink work is some of the best around.  I'm re-reading and studying his book Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary which I consider a work of genius and an absolute masterpiece.

STUDY OF CHARLES BURNS

 11" x 14"  Speedball super black India ink and Winsor Newton series 7 #2 brush in Canson sketchbook

I've been studying and copying the work of Charles Burns trying to improve the feathering technique with this sable brush.  It's slow going but I'll keep at it.