I made this sketch on New Year’s Day — what we usually have for breakfast on Christmas and New Years: smoked salmon, bagels, cream cheese, olives and onions. I’m feeling a tad self-conscious about the perspective glitch on the olive dish, but, as always, these sketches are done directly in ink in my sketch book with no penciling or planning, let the chips fall where they may! — it’s part of the fun of it all. Happy new year to everyone!
I did this sketch yesterday on my iPod using an app called “Brushes”. I saw France Belleville-Van Stone use it in her blog, thought the results were interesting and wanted to try it out for myself. This sketch is of my current office mate Ryan. I like the fact that it uses layers close to the way Photoshop does. And it’s kind of interesting for me to draw, write and even post to my blog from a single little hand-held device (I got the WordPress app too!). I know, I’m a geek. But there is something compelling to me about the self- contained portability of it all.
My wife’s ukulele teacher’s blues band. They did an awesome rendition of “Red House” and a smokin’ (pardon the pun) version of John Lee Hooker’s “Burning Hell“.
Kids are all back in school. October is about to begin! (My favorite month!)
This is Jack and Seth sitting by the campfire. The sketch below it is my idea of what the cereal box sketch book might look like.
A scene from last month at our good friends’ house. Everyone was encouraged to pitch tents in the backyard by the pool (that’s ours in the background – you may recognize it from previous camping posts). Wonderful idea, great weekend. I hope they do it again next year!
He’s a great pet; about 25 inches long and loves to eat grass.
Not far from our home. Nice shady spot for a bite to eat and a sketch.
Anthony Zierhut 
