Tilden Park Carousel - with a world of characters in lights

click here to see it being made on my iPad, plus 4th street lights

Sketching—in the dark!

Have you ever tried sketching in the dark?
You can't see your paper,
your colors look all grey,
you can't tell if you are drawing the lamp or the fence....

Pad to the rescue! Using Procreate I sketched these two last night, mostly all "on-the-spot" (otherwise known as "alla prima"). This app records a movie of your actions as you go. These are short, and fun to watch —Play the movie to see how I sketched it!

watch the video (22s)

watch the video

I hope you enjoy!

New Mexico on The iPad

Did some iPad drawings on a trip to New Mexico. Including an O"Keefee knock off.

Tilden Park Christmas Fantasy

They added air-filled woodland characters this year, the tree must be taller by another 4 feet, and there are many ornament-encrusted trees inside the carousel.
http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/tilden-park-merry-go-round-christmas-fantasy-in-the-woods/
Since it was quite dark, I tried drawing on my iPad with Sketchbook Pro - I got an impression of the giant tree in front which is magical because of being extremely outsized. There are many fun, light-string-outlined shapes covering the lawn. I added one paper/ink drawing.