Love at the lake

in love at the lake

A young couple in love at the lake

Had to push myself to get through work today after the long weekend. Not going to do to much writing tonight. I was inspired by all the paintings at the National museum of Art. I want to try a whole bunch of styles. I love using bright colors. I will have to go back to see the Gauguins. Love his use of colors. Need to relax before heading to bed. May start a new Netflix show.

Draw a heart. Show love.

2021-07-03T14:50:34-08:30November 20th, 2017|

Drunk on you

 

drunk on love

Baby you got me drunk on love

A fun little piece tonight. Today my Winsor & Newton watercolor set came in. It was an early Christmas present for myself. 24 beautiful little packages. I will need to do more experimenting. Not use to high end paint. Most of the stuff I have is student level. Over the Thanksgiving break I want to try and knock out the art for my kids book. Need to get to bed early tonight. We are going to Washington D.C. tomorrow. The kids are going to have a blast.

Draw a heart. Show love.

2021-07-03T14:50:35-08:30November 17th, 2017|

kindness

kindness

The power of kindness

I try pretty much everyday to improve my art. Today I bought Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age by Jeff Goins.

I would love to make enough money to support my family. It’s tough. I have done it in the past with my acting. I would like to do it with my art/writing. I am very happy with this piece. You don’t want to see the first version. It’s a cluttered mess. I had to much going on. My thought process was to keep adding. “Yeah, that will fix it”. No it doesn’t. I then step aside surprisedly not frustrated and thought what do I really want here. What do I want to express here. I boiled it down to handfuls of elements. I wanted to show a day broken down into a few lines. I then wanted to so an act of kindness taking you on a amazing journey. I think I got that all in there. Hope you like it. I need to get to reading my book.

Draw a heart. Show love.

2021-07-03T14:50:35-08:30November 14th, 2017|

Moment to say sorry

love, sorry

It only
takes a
moment
in the dark
to say
sorry

It’s been a long day. It started with one simple mistake and kept building from there. I am close to crying. I have reached the end of my rope. I am trying to do this blog while my wife tries to get our three year old to sleep. He keeps wanting to know what I am doing. I have enough coffee in the morning to make a cup. I pray tomorrow is better. We need a small miracle.

Draw a heart. Show love.

2021-07-03T14:50:46-08:30February 25th, 2017|

Don’t know the lyrics

love songs, married, love

I don’t sing
I don’t know the damn lyrics
but when we lay together we know the beat
my god, do we know the beat

I hope to keep loving you every day like the day we got married. Let’s keep the passion flowing even when we are old and grey. I am very tired and just noticed the piece needed a little work. May have to retool the piece tomorrow. I wouldn’t mind doing this whole piece in shades of red. I don’t like the color scheme so much but I was trying to stay away from red. Gustav Klimt did incredible pieces representing love using gold. The gold watercolor I have looks more like sand than gold. If the figures were dark blue I think the color scheme would have worked better. That’s the best part about art I can create a piece and then rework it a hundred ways. Each one feeling different from the others.

Show love. Draw a heart.

2021-07-03T14:50:48-08:30February 8th, 2017|

Garden of love

garden,love, mysteries

The garden of love is full of mysteries

Even when you are in a pit one can still dream. Hitting some rough times right now. A friend from Los Angeles passed away the other day. He was only 42. He was incredibly sweet guy. When he came over to our apartment building to visit his girl friend my kids would beg to play with him. He was someone who I could trust with my kids. He didn’t;t tell anyone he was sick. It has me spinning. Then other friends of mine baby is in the hospital. It can’t eat. They have her on an IV. So scary. I’m praying for them. I hate seeing children sick. My problems right now seem so small.

I have thought about selling my car and moving back to California. I know the kids need to finish school. We a half way through the school year. It will be over before I know it. I have a wife that loves me. My kids love me. We are all in good health. I just need to make a few bucks. I have the important things. I keep dreaming. I know that sounds stupid. But dreams have taken care of me for 19 years. Dreams and love can make so many things happen. One foot in front of another. Finish those projects. Time to make some money.

I was so bummed out today my daughter drew this picture of a monkey painting a heart. Enjoy.

love, monkey, a monkey painting

A monkey painting a heart.

Show love. Draw a heart.

2021-07-03T14:50:51-08:30January 16th, 2017|

Ride love song

love song, heaven, heart, love

Let’s ride this love song all the way to heaven.

Day after day we should love each other. Instead we have gotten to this point were we want to be right more than we want to be loving. If we loved one another we would have to take some time to listen to the other person. To feel their pain. We would try to help that pain go away. Instead we can be right. We don’t have to listen because we are right. What can anyone offer if I am right? A lot. We can’t be right 100 percent of the time.

Example:

I once took the subway downtown to a art show. When I went to go home the machines wouldn’t take my card. I kept trying. In the end I went through the turnstiles. I needed to get home to watch my 4 kids so my wife could go to work. If she got fired from that job we couldn’t afford to live in our apartment. We could end up homeless. When I got off the subway the MTA police were there and asked to see my pass. I told them my story. They didn’t care. In fact the officer got confrontational. I even had printed receipts form the kiosks. The officer got in my face and told me that if I didn’t pay I could be arrested. (all over a 1.35)I was able to use an atm to pay the fare. Now my friend later thought the whole thing was unfair. But I told him the law doesn’t care. In fact according to the law I should never got on the subway and just walked home. (this was before Uber) This is why the law is blind.

I keep trying. Every single day to love a little more. TO be kind. It’s not always easy when you are struggling. You are being pulled in a hundred directions. I am hoping to raise money for my gofundme campaign. I want to keep sharing a loving thought each day with the world.

https://www.gofundme.com/draw-a-heart-2017-the-year-to-love

2021-07-03T14:50:51-08:30January 11th, 2017|

More red rainbow

rainbow, love, red, blue

There’s a rainbow outside that’s more red than blue.

Today’s drawing more red than blue rainbow was inspired by the John Prine song, Color of the blues. My rainbow has more red than his blue rainbow. I am trying to draw a piece that shows gratitude all month.(I started late on January 8th) The John Prine album For better, or worse is incredible. You should give it a listen. Some him live at the Hollywood bowl. He gave a great show. I keep trying to get attention for my gofundme campaign. I haven’t been very successful. No I know I should have done an email  list. I just wanted 2017 to be better than 2017. 2016 was a rough year for this family. I feel the wheels coming off even more. I din’t get a callback for the commercial. It always bums me out. I will keep trying. I hanged out with the kids today more than I got any work done since they were home from school due to snow. I tried to be in the moment. I did ok the first time we went out and played in the snow. The second time I was grumpy. I could only think about the pressure of paying bills. Life could be worse. At least dreaming is free. I am falling behind with my goals. I need to keep to them if I am going to make it back to Los Angeles once the kids finish this school year.

Show love. Draw a heart.

2021-07-03T14:50:52-08:30January 9th, 2017|

Moon love

moon love

I would would crawl to the moon for your love.

This didn’t turn out to bad. I needed to get tonight’s piece done early. Tomorrow my daughter goes on a field trip at 6:00am. I need to get everything ready for her to go. Plus I want to get a little sleep. It’s going to be a crazy morning with one cranky girl. She is not a morning person. If it was her brother no problem. Most likely I will carry her to the car. I feel good about my day. I was proactive and mostly positive. I have been a loving dad today. I didn’t let the stress of life get the better of my emotions today. I will never stop trying. I have ten projects right now in various stages of development. The best I’ve been at for years. I need to knuckle down on them. One by one I will finish them. 2017 is going to be my year.

Show love. Draw a heart.

2021-07-03T14:50:55-08:30December 13th, 2016|

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