Watercolor and tech pen.

It’s my mother in law’s birthday tomorrow so I painted her a lotería card.

Saw James Hoffman do this. It was really easy and pretty darn good. https://youtu.be/0HdzJz_evNw

Or do we need another decade before we can call IPod games retro?

I have been putting off making a valentines card for my wife for the last 3 weeks. I finally sucked it up and churned out this rendition of the Lotería card El Corazón.

watercolor and tech pen

I found this recipe in a New York Times cocktail book at my in law’s house. Not too bad

This year’s edition of hand painted Christmas card for my mother. Watercolor, acrylic, tech pen, white colored pencil

Fujifilm xt-200, plastic toy lens. Walking through neighborhoods in Chicago some buildings are covered in the most beautiful ivy

I came across a YouTube video on doing trees in ink so I figured I’d give it a go. I used a micron 03 tech pen.

Another watercolor while on vacation in Bermuda.

My balcony view while on vacation in Bermuda. Watercolor, tech pen and white color pencil

A quick riff on The Great Wave off Kanagawa I did while feeding my daughter lunch. Watercolor and tech pen

I used the tartine basic country bread loaf recipe to throw together these Focaccia. We’re having a block party today and my intent is to slice them in half to make Caprese sandwiches with tomatoes and basil from my garden.

• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 3/4 oz simple syrup
• egg white

Dry shake everything to get it frothy, then a second shake with ice. Strain and voila, a foamy sweet treat.

The original flash was black and gray. I asked my artist to follow his heart with the colors and he absolutely crushed it.