Painting with Tea bags in a Resturant

personal fav.

Captured the foggy clouds the best

You can see where I accidentally set the cup on this one.

It took 20 bags of "Hot Tea Grade, Black Tea" to paint all these. I used spoons, and the tea bag themselves to paint with. And lots of napkins to soak up the water after each pass of stain. Did I mention it was an ocean view restaurant. and the sun was setting?

I just with I had better paper. Note to self: carry around 300lb water color paper.

More Sketch book pages while traveling

Random sketches while ridding in planes trains cars and boats.

swamp monster!

Merman

Chick in a zine

Kar's half face

What in my pockets

My ghetto iPod

Sketch book sketches

Most people when traveling around Europe for six weeks would be inspired by all the ancient architecture or guilded wonders of old regiemes. Not me! No sir! I sketched a few things that killed the time, but for the most part I became inspired to draw characters for a new book and it is way more amazing than any of my other ideas.

The book will be about a Panda who is very shy and scared of trying new things. In the book the Panda will learn how to wash her hands from her various and eclectic friends (all of with have very different ideas for washing themselves). And who are inspired by my own assorted friends and family. A great quote I once heard was "Write about what you know. Unless you are a galactic assassin who kills for pay, then don't write about it." All I'm doing with the story is putting animal faces on the people I love best. And not telling them which character they are in the book.

Here is what I have so far:

Obviously I haven't gotten to the turn around stage for the characters yet, but I think that you can see where the cast is heading. Minus the few that I have yet to sketch up (like the Peacock and a better version of White Fox)

Hiatus reasoned: Europe Rocks!

While all my friends were either worrying about bills, silly project deadlines or what color of chartreuse would match their bridesmaids; I was running around five different countries and trying ever so slightly not to get arrested for trespassing and grave sacrilege for taking these photos. Enjoy: Paris, Italy, Barcelona, Cartegena, Madeira, Nice and Lyon