Sample Conversation With Drawing Teacher: Him: You graduate in December. So what you gonna do? Me: (hemming and hawing) Him: You want teaching job? Me: I wouldn’t mind one, but my drawing skills are not strong enough. Him: No problem. You don’t need job. You have 8 months. First get divorce. Then you can find [...]

In drawing lately I’ve been increasingly embracing linear qualities rather than building up form with gobs of pastel. Yes, the dark side. I’ve been using ballpoint a lot. I think this one came out well. I don’t really know how accurate it is in terms of number of bones. I’m guess not very.

Today the chick magnet Curious George lunchbox actually has lunch in it, instead of just art supplies: It contains a meal that, while dull, is probably an improvement over last night’s dinner, which is definitely a dietary low point: The bananas are only there as part of the still life I’d already set up on [...]

“What are you going to do when you grow up?” Why do people ask me this question? They always have a little smirk on their face when they ask it. It drives me up the wall. I am grown up. I’m 27 years old, not 15. The correct question is, “What do you plan to [...]

Meathead at the gym started singing along to Love Song in a loud, wavering, and apparently heartfelt falsetto. I was so surprised I dropped a plate on my left hand, somehow simultaneously giving my ring finger an interesting new squashy texture and my wrist a stiffness that makes me think I’m not going to be [...]

Oh Bronchial Slime! Breathing gets harder, but the coughing makes great abs

Don’t we all love tea? This is set up in an abandoned shop window in downtown Radford. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand- charming, simply charming. On the other, it makes me nervous.