[Plein air sketch] UCLA

In the year.... 2028

Apollo on the moon

[Rule] #137

The true artist never makes mistakes, since they are exceptional at hiding them.

[Rule] #10

With every new project, remember to ignore that little voice that says, " you're only a hair's length from royally fucking this up."

Random sketch

1960 Impala quick sketch

[Rule] #22

The worst thing a painting can be is boring.

[Quick sketch] Apollo on Mars

Sketch of Flint

[Color pencil on Plein Air sketch] For Jaime: Untitled

circa 2003 or 2004

[Digital] Airless

Eh.

Vacation 8

Eh....

Vacation 7

Note to self: never paint Jupiter again

Jupiter is hard.....

Vacation 6

Vacation 5

Vacation 4

Vacation 3

Vacation 2

Vacation 1

Trying out the portable water color set

[Watercolor]

Did some experimentation this weekend :)

This was the only good one

Watercolor

Dusted off the watercolors. Not my best work but at least I'm back on the horse.

Acrylic

Collaborative work with the family ;)

I like the color.

Einstein Sketch

[Sketch] Have some perspective

Wife and mother-in-law helped me get some time to draw today without the kids. Thanks!

Astronaut 3

Too Van

[Plein air sketch] old apartment, circa 2007 or 2008

[Acrylic on Canvas] Untitled

Just finished this one.

[water color painted on a Plein air sketch] For Jaime

Circa 2003 or 2004?
Pretty sure I painted this for my sister Jaime, who also went to UCLA

[Sketch from a photograph] Laundromat.

[Digital] Decolorization project #28

[Digital] Decolorization project #27

[Mural] Fraternity letters

2003

This was another mural that I painted at my fraternity. I was a founding father of the fraternity when it was reinstated at UCLA after being thrown off campus in the 1980s. I painted the mural, and had all of the other founding fathers sign their name. We may have fought, but we made something together.

[Digital] Decolorization project #26

Next stencil work?

[Pearlescent ink and water color painted on a sketch] for Jimmy

My mom spends most of her time (like seriously hours and hours a day) perfecting her watercolor portraiture technique. I have dabble with it but I am not as good as my mom. here is one of the few that is pretty good if i saw so myself.

Here is a more recent attempt I did as a sketch video:

[Rule] #131

True art can never be owned. You may possess it, but you never own it. It has a life of its own.

[Digital] Decolorization project #25

[Sketch from a photograph] city

[Digital] Decolorization project #24

[Digital] Decolorization project #23

[Digital] Decolorization project #22

[Spray paint on concrete] Random Stencil

Shows my fraternity letters. Don't judge me.

[Digital] Decolorization project #21

[water color painted on a plein air sketch] For Dad: Bridge

2005

[Digital] Decolorization project #20

[Plein air] Catalina Palm Tree

[Digital] Decolorization project #19

[Digital] Decolorization project #18

[Digital] Decolorization project #17

[Pearlescent ink and water color painted on a Plein air sketch] For Karina

circa 2004?

[Digital] Decolorization project #16

Don't judge me, lol. Random sketch from circa 2007?

[For Jaime] Shocked and Frightened, Brainless and Clueless. And Stanley.

24" x 36"
Acrylic paint, mica, pearlescent ink and vinyl tape on canvas.

Took me 8 years to finish this painting, though to be honest I stopped working on it for 7 of those years while I was focusing on my Ph.D. I originally was going to give it to my sister, Jaime, as a house warming gift for her new condo. Then it became a wedding gift. Then a baby shower gift. Now it will finally be a "Happy first Birthday Niece !" gift.

I was thinking in this piece what it would be like if you had a fish tank in your bedroom, and your fish have developed PTSD from watching you have sex. All except Stanley. He is into it.

Decorating the easel a bit while waiting for paint to dry

[Digital] Decolorization project #15

[Mural] Untitled

When I lived in room 12 at the fraternity, I had a beautiful view of a concrete wall. One day I took some extra paint, and just made something quick to improve my view.

[Digital] Decolorization project #14

Lunch time sketch