Monthly Archives: March 2020

Bread is scarce right now and I’ve seen posts all over the internet of people learning to make bread… so I thought I’d share one of my favorite “survival foods.” This is Bannock, a traditional Irish/European/Canadian bread that can be fried or baked. This is a type of soda bread […]

Bannock Recipe

2020/03/24 in Musings / Thoughts tagged baking / bread / cooking / recipe

Try Every Day #29 This is a circle. First try. No practice. No pencil. Just picked up a pen and went for it. Why? Well, I have no inspiration today. There’s nothing that I want to draw. So, let this circle represent all the things I should be doing instead […]

A Circle // Try Every Day

2020/03/13 in Try Every Day tagged art / bad art / bad artist / design / drawing / learning / line art / sketching

Try Every Day #28 In the 80’s and maybe even into the early 1990’s it was still fairly common to see hand-drawn catalogs and advertisements for local companies. I remember the print ads for Big and Small Lots, 84 Lumber, and Hills department stores all featured drawn art. I can […]

Advertisement Art // Try Every Day

2020/03/12 in Try Every Day tagged art / bad art / bad artist / design / drawing / learning / line art / sketching

Try Every Day #27 No story today.No inspiration.I have no idea where this came from. I just opened my book and started drawing.

I’ll Wait // Try Every day

2020/03/10 in Try Every Day tagged art / bad art / bad artist / design / drawing / learning / line art / sketching

Try Every Day #26 I live in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. I’ve known and explored these hills my entire life. Today, while working on a logo design for a friends new company, I found something like this in my image search results. It looked like great shading practice […]

The Mountains // Try Every Day

2020/03/09 in Try Every Day tagged art / bad art / bad artist / design / drawing / learning / line art / sketching / woodcut

Try Every Day #25I’ve had this turtle on my phone for a while now. I’m not sure where the image came from but the moment I saw it, I fell in love with him. On reddit, the title says that this turtle is 100 years old. Whatever he is, he’s […]

Old Turtle // Try Every Day

2020/03/05 in Try Every Day tagged art / bad art / bad artist / design / drawing / learning / line art / sketching

Try Every Day #24 I make things. A great many things. Ever since I was a child, I had tools in my hand. My dad taught me to swing a hammer with accuracy, use hand saws, drills, screwdrivers… and I started bolting wood together. I made tree houses, go carts, […]

I Don’t Use Plans // Try Every Day

2020/03/04 in Try Every Day tagged art / bad art / bad artist / design / drawing / learning / line art / sketching / woodworking

Try Every Day #23 As I continue to work my way towards actually cutting something in wood, I’ve been doing a bunch of research, looking for my first image. It might be something like this, and there are a few reasons why. If you have never thought about relief printing […]

Maybe a Start // Try Every Day

2020/03/02 in Try Every Day tagged art / bad art / bad artist / design / drawing / learning / line art / sketching / woodcut