Look at this… two sketchy posts in one week! I must have a very interesting life all of a sudden. This past weekend, myself and 3 of my metal-working companions levered ourselves into an extended-cab pickup and drove 22 hours to Salida, Colorado (pronounced just like ‘saliva’) to hear the incomparable Albert Paley deliver a [...]
We were in Nelson, BC over the weekend for a wedding (sans kids!) and I took advantage of the opportunity to walk around and find some more old building to sketch. There is ample supply of buildings and cool houses in this historic community that had the foresight to keep all the buildings up (instead [...]
Here are a couple of drawings, one is from this weekend, sitting in a coffee shop looking across the street. I keep finding old buildings around here that I had not noticed. There are a ton of character homes, one day I’ll spend a day and ride my scooter around and draw a bunch of [...]
I would like to wish all my loyal and faithful readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I had planned to get a couple new posts up before the holidays, but because of a couple of really big projects launching right before the break, I wasn’t able to carve out the time to do [...]
A friend recently told me: “The only thing you can count on in a partnership is that someday it will end”. The more I think about it the more I realize this is true. I am privileged to say that my relationship with my business partner Shane has been as close to perfect as I [...]
I came across this brilliant illustration by Scott C. today and just had to pass it on to you all. Not only are the illustrations delicate and full of character, but they illuminate some very real scenarios in the life of a professional creative person. All of us dread when the axe falls on an [...]
This is a quick sketch of a brick building on Van Horne St. I had a few minutes to myself on Sunday and decided to draw a cool building. I’m running out of cool buildings in Cranbrook to draw, going to have to do some road-tripping to draw stuff soon. For now enjoy this little [...]
I have been doing quite a bit of driving lately; first to Lethbridge, Alberta to take the kids and visit my family there, and then to Spokane yesterday to pick up Shane (Co-principal at bluebeetle) from the Airport. He was down in Utah for a week doing some programming for one of our clients. Unfortunately, [...]
Every day I stare out my window at one of the more interesting ‘architectural’ landmarks in Cranbrook. Standing out above the usual sea of box-stores, industrial complexes, and low-lying retail spaces, Salvador Ready Mix has been gracing the local sky-line for decades. The nice towers and silos give it some great negative space, and I’ve [...]
Last weekend Anie and I ditched the chilluns with our surrogate grandparents (thanks Auntie Dale-Ann and Jack!) and headed for the West Kootenays for an over-nighter. We spent a leisurely afternoon in Nelson, BC. where they have a ton of well-preserved architecture that begs for sketching. Since we didn’t have any kids in tow, and [...]