Email from Crystal Bridges this morning. They were interested in using my latest drawing of the turtle as part of the advertisements for other classes at the Museum. Holly Cow would that be great.

This is a new color pencil drawing for which I developed the idea during a class in "photography to drawing" held at Crystal Bridges last month. The shell is a part of the structure of the museum and has always reminded me of a turtle.  Below are the pictures which I used to develop this drawing.

IF - WILD 04-12-13

Here is just a quick cartoon for this weeks Illustration Friday word which is WILD!

IF - Urban 04/05/13

Here is a little Urban sprawl!! An interesting word for this week. Went through a number of iterations on this before I settled on this configuration. Thanks for viewing.

IF - Eye Glasses 03-15-13

So here is my take on this weeks Illustration Friday which is Eye Glasses. My wife calls this my dirty old man drawing. As usual comments, questions, and just chatter is always welcome. Thanks for stopping by.

IF - Storm 2/8/13

This is a typical streamline analysis weather chart of a double typhoon in the Pacific. Streamline analysis is the methodology used by the forecaster to analyse the wind direction/speed/RH and temperature for areas of the tropics where observed data is very sparse. The advent of satellite data has greatly improved our ability to track storms across vast areas of the ocean. Tracking the movement of the areas of cyclonic (C) and anti-cyclonic (A) circulations and refining the analysis with satellite data the forecaster can predict the movements of these storms across the oceans continuing to refine the forecast as the storms near land areas which allow for additional data from land stations to assist in analysis and forecasting.

IF - Wheel 02-02-13

Illustration Friday word for the week was wheel. My take on an old hand or pony cart.