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Sketches and Stuff

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A compilation of sketches, paintings, photos and other stuff.

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  • "Merry Christmas in \'09"

    Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 02:09

    Four years ago a friend gave me a package with Photoshop Elements 2.0, and a Wacom tablet for my birthday. I had no idea what to do with it. It has taken this long for me to figure out some of what can be done with these items.This image, not my favo...

  • "Waitin\' for Sarah Palin"

    Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 01:22

    Sarah Palin's parents are from Richland, WA., where I live. She was in town over Thanksgiving and took part in a book signing at the local Hasting's Bookstore.To get a signed copy, you had to show the receipt proving your purchase of her book, Going ...

  • "Dinner at the Diner"

    Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 00:28

    Took my son to dinner at this diner a couple weeks ago and while we were waiting, I sketched the people sitting at the counter. The diner, a national franchise, is not a place you will ever find Guy Fieri of "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives," fame, beca...

  • The old "Stop N Go"

    Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 14:14

    Back in the 1950's to about 1962-3, the old "Stop N Go" was the western destination point on a circuit driven by the high school kids in Kennewick, WA. The eastern destination was another hamburger joint known as "Zip's." The "Stop N Go" was up, in t...

  • Butting Heads in a Game of Chess

    Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 23:53

    I purchased this chess set in an outdoor market in Florence, Italy, in 1975. The pieces are large metal medieval kings, queens, knights, bishops, etc., and the set weighs in at just over 10 lbs. I lugged this sucker all over Europe that summer by tyi...

  • The Apartments on Gage and Leslie - Richland, WA.

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 01:21

    When I was a young man I wanted three things: a Corvette, a motorcycle, and an apartment in the city (Seattle). I did once own a motorcycle, but after I wiped out on a black lab, I sold it and haven't been on another. I have never owned a Corvette, o...

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