Favorites
A randomly generated selection of 20 of the artist’s favorites . You could consider it a “best of” page.
Bright Light Depiction in Oil Painting (1/27/2024) - My latest painting is another figure study on 12 x 12 oil paper. With this one, I tried to really emphasize a bright light source behind the subject. I… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Drawing a Mirror’s Reflection (3/4/2022) - I am often amused by the strange processes that seem to govern how I decide what to draw. Personality-wise, I tend to be a planner and a creature of… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Final Fantasy IV Painting | Rydia, Cecil, and a Chocobo (3/7/2026) - My latest classic game inspired painting features a couple of characters from Final Fantasy IV, Rydia and Cecil, sitting with a chocobo nearby. I've done a couple now from… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Starting Paintings with Background Wash or Base Layer (1/12/2025) - I'm currently experiencing an internal struggle with the start of my process. Most artists I follow start their oil paintings with a background wash or base layer of color,… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Mark Hearts and Kids at the Dentist (5/18/2019) - In my last post, I discussed using Unsplash images as inspiration for artwork. Although I have a ton of backlogged ideas now, and many of my sketches in the… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Drafting Doncic – The Mavericks’ Future is Bright (6/23/2018) - The NBA draft was Thursday night, and I've been obsessing about it for at least a week. The 2018 draft was considered by many to be very talent-rich compared… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Two Concurrent Sketches, Dad and the Girls (3/29/2018) - Welcome to part two of this reckless "drawing two things at once" series. Basically, I was so pumped up from feeling like I've actually been improving, I decided to… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
More from the Witcher, Ciri of Cintra (6/26/2020) - 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 in detail and shared… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Big Kid and Her Apple (10/20/2018) - Wow, has it really been another entire month since I've drawn anything? Sort of a surprising realization, because it feels like I was just writing about how I hadn't… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Not Quite Taylor Swift, a Portrait Attempt (5/18/2023) - https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cn-Ey2HDClM/ Almost Taylor Swift, oil on paper. The subject of this post's oil painting is the second of two requests from my kids. This time, it was an attempt… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Guitarist and Busker Mariusz Goli (9/3/2021) - Like a lot of people, my primary method for visual music consumption is YouTube. In the absence of an actual television channel dedicated to music videos (what a novel… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Portrait of Morrigan from Dragon Age (11/30/2022) - The next artwork in my recent parade of oil paintings takes us back to the topic of video games, which is not an unusual one for me. However, this… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Saved Side Profile, March Oil Painting (10/6/2023) - Going back in time to March 2023, here is an oil painting I did around that time based on when it was shared to the Amdall Gallery Instagram. This… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Video Game Art, Pillars of Eternity Group (1/23/2019) - Lately, I've been playing a game called Pillars of Eternity II quite a bit. Even going back to when I was a kid playing our old NES/SNES, I've enjoyed… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Star Trek’s Captain Picard, This Time in Color (4/28/2018) - Back in December 2017, before I switched over to color drawings, I sketched a scene with my three favorite characters from Star Trek. It featured Captain Picard, La Forge,… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Thoughts on Portrait Requests (12/31/2021) - First and foremost, happy new year to all! It feels like we're stuck in a bizarre time loop in some respects. I definitely remember thinking last year at this… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Pandemic Social Distancing Artwork (3/19/2020) - 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 and financial crisis and… (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 time I… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
The Witcher Art, Geralt of Rivia (6/19/2020) - 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 heard a lot of… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Dark Tower Villain Improvements (4/18/2020) - 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 a barrage of posts… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)