Big pictures. Sorry. You see, I did the main image and thought the funny pages my daughter was reading would be readable. They actually are, but for me, only with a magnifying glass. So I did one of the funny page alone, without any perspective. This is where they sit. Unmistakeable. In the comics, though, …
Author Archives: davidstong
portrait
Egon Schiele? No, but close. I love this drawing. When I saw it I asked my granddaughter if I could have it. She looked a bit uncomfortable when she said, “Actually, I made it for mom.” I was bummed, but I understood. The next day I took this photo- as good as I could make …
Brownies
On Thursday, my granddaughter got off the school bus with a paper in her hand. Usually her hands are free to play and all papers are in her backpack. As we walked up the driveway, she showed me the paper and told me it was a recipe for brownies that she wrote. It looked simple …
The Vic
I was talking with an old friend over the holiday. We briefly compared notes about Thanksgiving at the Victorian Manor. Her restaurant. She’d done a web search for Maurice, the chef, and turned up this essay from my very old (early 2006) web space: At one time, this link loaded the Victorian Manor’s Web page. …
inktober 10-31
Sketching in Union Cemetery, October 31, 2021
inktober 10-30
Zombified sketch from earlier, October 30, 2021
inktober 10-28
Sketch of a jack-o-lantern, October 28, 2021
inktober 10-26
Sketch of the Ballplayer in the hopper pens, October 26, 2021
inktober 10-25
Rough sketch standing in the cold, October 25, 2021
inktober 10-24
At Fisherman’s Paradise, October 24, 2021