Category Archives: It Came From the Sketchbook

I Was a Teenage Couch Potato

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Joe

I have a studio with a drafting table, drawing lamp and everything I would need, but it seems inspiration strikes me best when I am sitting on a couch with a sketchbook in my lap while trash streams on my … Continue reading →

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This is THE END

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Joe

…or it could be. I may have figured out the end of my story and I am working my way backwards. I never planned on revisiting the Teenage Beast character which I cooked up back in the mid-1980s, but I … Continue reading →

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Finishing something I started…

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Joe

…a long, long time ago. Over this Christmas just past, I inked in a pencil drawing I drew sometime in the mid-1980s. I found a variation (pictured above) of that drawing which I penciled in 1986. I’m not sure why … Continue reading →

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It Came from the Filing Cabinet

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Joe

My obsession with a drawing I penciled almost 40 years ago continues and keeps dragging me back no matter what I do. It started when I was trying to organize a flat file cabinet and I came upon the penciled … Continue reading →

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Canson XL Mixed Media Pad 7 x 10 inches

Posted on January 7, 2025 by Joe

I’m still working on this sketchbook. It’s not finished, but I thought I would talk a bit about it this week. This is a similar sketchbook to the one I recently finished off in that it’s a mixed media pad … Continue reading →

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Strathmore 200 Sketchbook

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Joe

April 23, 2024 to December 31, 2024 I put another small sketchbook to rest just before the start of the new year. This one was a Strathmore 200 Mixed Media pad which measures 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches and has … Continue reading →

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The City is a Jungle and I’m a Beast

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Joe
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