In conversations with acquaintances, colleagues, and other various newly-met people, occasionally my drawing hobby comes up. Although not everyone is particularly interested in art, usually
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Finished Portraits from the April Giveaway (7/4/2020) - It's taken me quite a while to actually get to the writing portion, but I'm finally sharing the portraits from the most recent giveaway. The original giveaway… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
River Oaks Tiny Art Show 2019 (9/28/2019) - I've done a few posts lately somewhat focused on near-term nostalgia, particularly in comparing how my drawings have changed over the last two years. Right about the… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Second Healthcare Worker Drawing (10/11/2020) - Way back in April (which feels like it was years ago now somehow), there was a healthcare worker "portraits for heroes" thing going around on social media.… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Art from an Internet Meme (11/5/2018) - The Millennial generation is known for many things, including craft beer, skinny jeans, and "destroying" seemingly every industry (if you believe cynical clickbait articles). As someone who… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)Most Popular Today
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Working Through a Misfire by way of the Backlog (11/8/2019) - I wrote a couple of months ago about an art show called the River Oaks 5x5x5, which I often refer to as the "tiny art" show. It's… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
New Discussion Forums (2/26/2018) - This website is a hobby, and one of the main motivations behind it is that I enjoy making tweaks and trying new features. In fact, I love… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Dancing Dad – Drawing from a Video (11/12/2017) - A couple months ago, we took the family to North Park Mall in Dallas. While we wandered around, we came across a live song-and-dance thing for kids.… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)The Latest Blog Posts
Non-Stop Bob Ross and The Joy of Painting
Moving to a new home naturally comes with an adjustment period. I guess everyone’s timing may vary, but eventually that sense of newness wears off
Princess Bride Part 3 – Westley and Buttercup in the Fireswamp
Where does the time go? It seems like I ask myself that a lot. It’s probably on my mind so much lately because I’m rapidly
Princess Bride Series Part 2 – Fezzik, Inigo, and Westley
Over the last week or so, I went on a sudden Princess Bride artwork binge. I started outlines for three different scenes! I’ve only finished
New Home, New Desk, New Art
Well, it took quite a bit longer than I anticipated, but it seems things are finally settling down for me and my family. Last year,
Thoughts on Website Monetization And Affiliate Links
I’ve been tinkering with this website pretty consistently over the last three-and-a-half years. Throughout that time, I have maintained interest in ways I could make
Practicing Scenery Through Video Game Art
If you’ve followed this blog for long, you may have read me roasting myself about various art-related weaknesses. Every artist, amateur and professional alike, has
Full Portrait Walkthrough YouTube Video
In a couple of ways, I consider this post to be somewhat of a do-over. Months ago, I shared a YouTube video on my relatively
Santa Taking a Cookie Break Christmas Eve
I am going to share some art out of order, which isn’t my usual approach. But I thought it would make more sense to jump
Giveaway Winner – The Boo Crew Puppy Drawing
I am getting really bad about writing on this blog! I am also not really keeping up with my artwork hobby very well. I have
Second Healthcare Worker Drawing
Way back in April (which feels like it was years ago now somehow), there was a healthcare worker “portraits for heroes” thing going around on
Youtuber Art Series, Marques Brownlee (MKBHD)
Although you probably wouldn’t be able to tell based on how sporadically I’ve been posting, over the last few months I have wanted to focus
Drawing of New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern
This post is mostly going to be about a portrait I did of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, but I’ll also take a detour
New Product and Game Review Site ‘Armdog Reviews’
It’s been quite a busy last month or so. The family and I finally made our long-delayed moved to Texas. It’s something that’s been in
Finished Portraits from the April Giveaway
It’s taken me quite a while to actually get to the writing portion, but I’m finally sharing the portraits from the most recent giveaway. The
More from the Witcher, Ciri of Cintra
This is a continuation of my post last week about the Witcher Netflix show and game series. In that first post, I discussed the show
The Witcher Art, Geralt of Rivia
Somewhere towards the beginning of the new COVID-19 home quarantine reality, I finally forced myself to sit down and watch The Witcher Netflix series. I’d
Initial Sketch Outline Discussion
It feels like it’s been a while since my last post, but when I looked back, it’s actually only been a couple of weeks. Time
YouTube Channel for Amdall Gallery
As of today, Amdall Gallery’s new YouTube channel is live! Its main purpose is to share some progression videos; if you’re familiar with my typical
Mother’s Day Portrait
A bit of a delay writing this one, but this post is going to be dedicated to Mother’s Day and sharing some related artwork. It’s
Scenes from a Mr. Bungle Concert
Welcome to the part two continuation of this Mike Patton-related discussion! In the first post, the write-up was centered around musician extraordinaire Mike Patton and
Healthcare Worker Portrait Request
As you can tell from the homepage, Amdall Gallery has a custom portrait raffle going right now. We’ve got about 12 days left on the
Musical Virtuoso Mike Patton
My senior year of high school, I became friends with a group of guys who I’ve known multiple decades now (how has it been so
Dark Tower Villain Improvements
I haven’t discussed the series in a while, but if you came across this blog any time in early 2018, you were probably greeted with
Goofy Portrait from Another Decade
As I was browsing through some old photos looking for something fun to draw, I came across one that gave me a good laugh. It’s
Meme Art, Sergeant Mittens is Ready
I’m entering a very unusual artwork and post writing phase. If I’ve ever been in this situation before, I really can’t remember.Essentially, I have now
Artwork and Website Spring Cleaning
Over the weekend, I decided it was high time for some art-related spring cleaning. I’ve had a few things on my organizational “to do” list
By Request, Frozen’s Anna and Elsa
Like so many parents, we’re doing our best to keep the little ones busy as well as ourselves. In an effort to keep myself busy,
New Kids Book ‘Robot Family Adventures’
Apparently, the beginning of April is book publishing time! Last year, I released a book called Pencils and Process. That one took months to write,
Crowded Restaurant Drawing
It’s only been about a week and a half or so of social distancing/self-quarantine where we live, but somehow it feels a lot longer. Not
Video Game Sketch Inspired by Kenshi
This write-up is going to be about a post-apocalyptic sandbox style video game called Kenshi. But it’s also going to be about sharing art that
Pandemic Social Distancing Artwork
Writing about artwork during a global pandemic really isn’t something I expected to be doing at all. Yet here we are in an escalating health
More Stranger Things Artwork
A couple weeks ago, I shared some ramblings about my late discovery of Stranger Things, and how it turns out everyone was right about how
Late to the Stranger Things Party
I’ve really been slacking on my usual pattern of art and website posts. In the last two or three months, I’ve only written a couple
Portrait of a New Nephew
This is sort of a belated part two for my last post about holiday portrait gifts. In that write-up, I discussed a colored pencil drawing
Holiday Portrait Gift
In what is apparently becoming somewhat of a tradition, this post is a delayed one. What I mean is, it was actually written at the
Luka Doncic the Surprise MVP Candidate
As I’ve mentioned in a few previous sports-related posts, I am a huge Dallas Mavericks fan. Although I’ve always loved football, and am (sometimes regrettably)
How to Make Progression .Gif Images
If my “archive categories” widget is to be believed, at this point I’ve written 115 art-related posts on this website. That’s pretty surprising to me,
Continuing Through The Backlog
It took longer than I thought to finish this write-up, but welcome to part two of a series I started with last week’s post about
New Gadget Fun – Fossil Hybrid HR Collider
June 2020 Update: After about 6 months of daily (or at least nightly) use, the hour hand of the watch appears to have failed. Re-calibrating