Hellespont Rising Newsletter

 

In my latest newsletter, I talk about the process for my latest encaustic piece. You can get there by clicking HERE.

Hellespont Rising

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encaustic wax on wood panel

Here is the finished encaustic piece that I started a few weeks ago in a workshop for just that occasion. Why Hellespont Rising? I just thought it sounded cool. Stuff happened there. Old stuff. That sharklike creature looks like old stuff. And I like ancient history, so there.

Plus, it sounds better than Jonah and The Thing. Or something like that.

Tomorrow, I will do up a brief process post over on my Substack, so coming soon!

 

Jane Austen Sketch Night

On Thursday, I attended a Jane Austen themed live model sketch night at the Ferndale Area District Library. Not only was our model dressed in Jane Austen era garments, she was the librarian, as well. 

I started off with some pen sketches for the opening gesture sketches.

Then with the pencil and provided paper.

Colored pencil...

This one above, the librarian took for herself.

Then, on to the Kraft paper for the slightly longer poses.

And, our model was actually reading a Jane Austen book while posing. Authentic!

This was a fun night, with a good crowd and I look forward to December's meet-up, where the theme will be The Odyssey. 

Stickers, Part Two

 

My latest Substack is up and is about more stickers on sketchbooks. You can get there by clicking HERE.

Sketching At The Detroit Zoo

 

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colored pencil in sketchbook

This past Wednesday found me back at the Detroit Zoo with some friends doing a little sketching and walking around. The Detroit Zoo is known worldwide for the happy mental state of their animals and it shows. They are usually quite active. Those dainty rhinos would not stay in one place. I tried to sketch the young chimpanzees, but wow, were they flying around. I was able to at least get some good pics, though. 

Blue Shark Sketch

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ink in sketchbook

My buddy's kid is going to the University of Maine to become a marine biologist and he's been keeping me in the loop as to his doings and experiences. He just finished a weeklong course where they went out into the Atlantic and caught and tagged some sharks, mostly blues. So, a bit inspired, I did a quick blue shark sketch for #SundayFishSketch. It's been awhile since I've done one.

And he had some very cool pics. 

 

Emerging

 

My latest Substack is about one of the pieces that I have in the Emerge! 2026 show at the Hannan Center in Detroit. You can click HERE to get there.