4-30
I’m finding this task of doing a drawing everyday quite like I imagine a daily meditation practice might be. It’s just something that I do, having promised myself I would do it, simply for exercise. I am hoping to circumvent the usual inner-critic who would normally find a million reasons not to post such things. ...
keeping up
Day three of my self-imposed challenge to draw and post some drawing of some sort everyday leading up to the Taos trip, here are today’s doodles. They are the Daily Dog!!! It’s been so long since I have posted in the Daily Dog category, mostly because these dogs, whom you may remember as puppies, seldom ...
between storms
Last I heard, our area had received over 13″ of rain in the month of april. This is quite above average. A number of roads and schools are closed and rivers large and small rage and swell with each storm. We have had some nights broken by the sound of tornado sirens warning us of ...
practice
I’ve been encouraging my students to attempt to draw every day, even if it’s just simple exercises like blind contour drawings (which tend to result in funky little drawings that don’t look much like their source imagery!) In just 23 days I will head to Taos and my students will be right behind me. We ...
Magical Thinking
Spring has sprung at Chez Bogard. This time of year, thanks to the family who built this place and lived here for over 50 years before us, our little chunk of land is like a parkland with all sorts of spring time bulbs that come up and trees that flower in really majestic ways. It’s ...
shelled
Today my boy Jack (who is a fabulous musician) and I (who am hack musician) are heading to Chicago for the annual fleadh cheoil. This is a big competition for those of us who play traditional Irish Music. Jack will compete solo in fiddle and mandolin and then later in the day, we will both ...