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Since watercolor is the theme here are two lil paintings of an apple that Laura and I did here at the beach. I also painted a mug.

The Latin teacher at my school asked me and another teacher to help him this summer by illustrating a Latin comic. This comic is sent out to the Latin students once a week-ish along with some questions about it, and they read it and answer the questions and email them. The comic is called LarryContinue reading “Larry the Lure”

Barry and me decided to draw ugly portraits of each other, it took me a while but here they are for the enjoyment of all.

The Portent by Herman Melville Hanging from the beam,        Slowly swaying (such the law),  Gaunt the shadow on your green,        Shenandoah!  The cut is on the crown        (Lo, John Brown),  And the stabs shall heal no more.  Hidden in the cap        Is the anguish none can draw;  So your future veils its face,        Shenandoah!  ButContinue reading “Melville Book Club: Some Civil War Poems”

“At last, emerging from a thicket of elders, straight before me I saw the most resplendent creature that ever blessed the sight of man. A cock, more like a golden eagle than a cock. A cock, more like a field marshal than a cock. A cock, more like Lord Nelson with all his glittering arms on, standingContinue reading “Melville Book Club #3: Cock-a-doodle-doo”

So this picture is my picture for “The Belltower”.It’s kinda weird, it might even be dumb, my excuse is I was practicing drawing with a tablet and photoshop. “Erelong he had a heavy object hoisted to the belfry, wrapped in a dark sack or cloak — a procedure sometimes had in the case of anContinue reading “Melville Book Club #2 "The Belltower"”

Sup all Barry posted his drawing impression of The Encantadas a long time ago and even though I did the drawing, I didn’t post it. But now I am because our second meeting is coming up so I figured I’d better at least post them in order. Here’s mine, like Barry’s it’s about turtles butContinue reading “Melville Book Club Drawing: "The Encantadas"”