Mark and the Garbage Factory
Somehow I forgot to post this cherished memory: My tour of San Francisco’s Recology facilities back in October 2023!
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UCMP Short Course: Life’s Six Great Ways of Being
It’s the return of the annual day-long education program hosted by UC Berkeley’s Museum of Paleontology! The theme this time was new research in the different categories of terrestrial life.
No Kings 3
The third iteration of the patriotic protest. This time we started out by San Francisco’s ferry building and marched up to Civic Center.
Forging a Head & Face is the Place
Installments 10 and 11 of my figure drawing tips, in which I field some reader requests about the dark art of head and face sketching.
Winter 2026 Protest Sketches
It’s time for another “No Kings” rally! But first, I have a couple of months’ worth of protest sketches to collect here. Let’s go back in time and see what my SF Bay Area neighbors have been up to… February 21: March for Trans Rights and Health Care January 23: Fruitvale BART Station January 20: […]
Saving Face
For the ninth installment of the figure drawing tips series, we venture into the scary realm of faces. I have a new trick for quick-sketching these, which I’ve been dying to share with the world…
Butts Butts Butts
A frivolous figure drawing focus this time. It’s time to give butts their moment in the sun!
A Race to the Bottom
A new round of figure drawing tips commences! This time, I reveal my secret technique for quick-sketching figures, and I have some stuff to say about planting people on the ground plane.
Hiding Hands & Seeking Elbows
One final round of figure drawing tips for 2025. This time we investigate what happens when you stick your hands in your pockets or plant them on your hips.
Helping Hands
Figure drawing tips, round five. It’s time to discuss hands, and how to cope with the impossibility of quick-sketching the little monsters.