Sam's Tasty Art

Autumn is my new favorite season.  - Colors! - Crisp air - Crunching leaves - Football games - Back to school (this is the same reason...

I have a bunch of half-finished images waiting for the day when I'll finally turn my attention back to them.  Today I had a little time ...

I'm working on a tribute-to-fall picture, and this is why.  We took these pictures on recent drives up nearby canyons.  My wife posted ...

I wanted to spend more time on this before posting it, but I'm getting that antsy "been too long since I posted" feeling.  So ...

Just a sneak preview at some of the stuff I'm working on for the book I (eventually) plan on releasing.  People taking my class will...

I like musicals, I can't help it.  I sometimes wish life was a musical.  Like when Jeff Bunker fires me, I'd much rather have him d...

Went to figure drawing for the first time in months.  I need to go more often, I learn so much about observation and structure every time, e...

My employer just recently bought Marvel.  They will never let me anywhere near the characters, though, and this is why.

A post for the Avalanche blog .  When I was very young, somewhere between the ages of 3 to 5, I wanted to be a shark when I grew up.  But my...

A little volunteer work I'm doing for the new school one of my kids is starting at this year. The mascot is a phoenix that teaches kids...

I have a baby daughter! She was born on Saturday and is doing great. For my week off, I present a little more progress on the pirate picture...

Another concept that won't ever be used---partially because after it was rejected, I totally revamped it. Why would someone use their s...

I'll preface by saying that I'm releasing an art book early next year. Mainly for fun, but yes, I do want people to give me money a...

I'm once again trying to be as cool as Ryan Wood . His idea of painting a Disney princess coloring book page like a piece of classical ...

I've never liked the expression, "Thinking outside the box." I'm not against the principle---advanced artists/designers/w...

Sorry for the gap between posts---I'm turning now to old stuff to keep things going. An environment I did at work that will never be use...

I've seen lots of tributes for "Where the Wild Things Are" lately, and I couldn't help but wonder what it would look like ...

My dreams are strange. Part of my conscious is always aware that it's a dream, and when things get too tense it just takes over---conco...

We've had a bunch of storm clouds pass through our area lately, blasting us with driving rain, hail, and lightning. The bright side is t...

This represents a few hours more on top of the last iteration I posted. And it still needs more help, but I'm calling it done.

Samuel Michlap : I feel like I've posted his work before, but even so, his art is worth posting again. Jeff Turley : Really appealing wo...

I haven't shared links for a while now. Here are some that aren't in my sidebar---in my mind, these are the best of the best out th...

I've been wanting to finish this picture for a long time now.

I wanted months ago to do the Wizard of Oz as an Avalanche topic, but everyone was busy, so I tried it out on my class instead. I had a sus...

You should read this . It's true for my classes too. Except for the part about teaching acting, because I don't do that.