Back to life drawing

Short poses from July 1.

More pineapples

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Anime Tosho Con in Rockville Centre last Saturday! Here's a few of my exploratory sketches from the cute pineapple painting that found a home with one of the librarians' fathers.



Also, Worldwide Sketchcrawl #28 is this Saturday July 31st! Check out the forum to find one near you!

Watercolor of the Servette

I really loved the view from Jackie and Colin's apartment and finally got a chance to paint it before we left. Hope you've enjoyed peeking at my travel sketchbooks!



A few photos of the last 2 days in Geneva.

I've been catching up on work since we got back, so I'm relieved that I finally got all the sketches and photos sorted. Hopefully I'll have time soon to finish up my travel comic so I can share that too!

Geneva Museum Part 2

Statue near the stairs for the bathroom and a sketch from one of the old monument markers that was in the courtyard.


Votive statue. I loved these things in art history class.


Statue of Venus and Adonis.


Museum Photos

Another cute food watercolor

Just a reminder that I'll be in Artists' Alley at The Rockville Centre Library's 1st Annual Anime Tosho-Con this Saturday July 24 from 10 AM - 5 PM!

The original painting of these guys (and the pineapple in the post below) as well as super affordable prints will be available.



1st Annual Anime Tosho-Con
Rockville Centre Library
Helen Kraus Room
221 North Village Avenue
Rockville Centre, Long Island

Admission is FREE!!

For more information call (516) 766-6257 or visit RVCLibrary.org

Geneva Museum Part 1

We had a very rainy last 2 days in Geneva, so we went to check out the Museum of Art and History. It was an interesting mix of local archaeological finds and classical art.

Rockville Center Anime Tosho-Con this Saturday!

Most comic creators I know will be at Comic-Con International in San Diego this weekend. But if you're stuck in New York, don't despair! Come out to the Rockville Centre Library's 1st Annual Anime Tosho-Con this Saturday July 24! I will be in Artists' Alley from 10 AM - 5 PM.

I'll have some new cute original watercolors (like this one) and prints for sale!



I'll also have issues of Urban Nomad and Counter Attack as well as buttons for Cooking Up Comics (which is still underway, I promise!) Stop on by and say hello!

1st Annual Anime Tosho-Con
Rockville Centre Library
Helen Kraus Room
221 North Village Avenue
Rockville Centre, Long Island

Admission is FREE!!

For more information call (516) 766-6257 or visit RVCLibrary.org

Gruyères Part 2

On the 15th we went to the Chateau Museum and the H.R. Giger Museum. So many things to see, so I didn't sketch much. Grue is French for crane and the motifs were everywhere.


Allan naps on the train back to Geneva and we attempt a plan to take a detour at the Lausanne train station for donut-like Berliners that we saw on our way there.



Gruyères Photos

Gruyères part 1

One last sketch of Lausanne that escaped the scanner on the first round.


On June 14th, we continued on by train to Gruyères.


Waiting for our connecting train at the tiny station of Palézieux.


Photos from Gruyères

Lausanne, Switzerland

June 14th we took a day trip to Lausanne. A quick sketch of the Notre Dame Cathedral.


We walked all the way down to the little coastal town of Ouchy and I did this watercolor of the hazy day at the waters edge.


A sketch of a griffin from outside the Cantonal Museum of Zoology.


Photos from Lausanne

Along Lake Geneva

On Sunday June 13, we went for a walk to the Botanical Gardens and then down to the waters edge.


Jackie in front of the Lake.


Photos of the day are here.

Annecy June 12

Our last day in Annecy! Some people I sketched from the stairs at Bonlieu.




We went for a walk along Lac Annecy and sketched for a while from the park.


Last day of Annecy photos.

Annecy June 11

Allan went to see an anime screening I wasn't interested in so I went on a solo sketchcrawl along the canal. Some birds had built a nest near the boats.



A sketch of le Pont d'Amours (Lover's Bridge) My brush pen was really dying at this point.


Photos from June 11

Annecy June 10

Watercolored while Allan and I ate sandwiches on a stone semicircle bench behind a church.


From Au Fidele Berger where we had a café break in the afternoon and I ate a giant macaron with a tiny fork. This is another tiny colored pencil drawing.


Photos from June 10.

Annecy June 9th

Sketched over a breakfast croissant and a chocolat chaud (hot chocolate) at Salon de Thé on June 9.





Photos of the day