Sorry

Sorry to everyone who is still checking this out. The last few weeks of school hit me pretty hard and I failed at my "resolution". Either way I'm still making some drawings but I just failed at the every day thing. Don't give up on me though because I will post some drawings every once and again when I get around to it.

Drawing 63 Hat

This is my hat that I brought out of retirement this weekend. I like it.

Drawing 60-62/Transcription 9 Art Song

I have to write an Art Song for my theory class at school and when I started that I failed at this. I have put to much thought into this assignment and I didn't draw or do a transcription. I feel this is a good excuse though and I will try to carry on as normal from here on out. I will also post it when I am finished. I honestly don't think it is going to be that good but it is still taking a lot of creative thought.

Drawing 59 Stapler

Staple me a good one.

Drawing 58 Napkin

Leftover from tasty pizza.

Drawing 57 Train

Chuga-uga.

Drawing 56 Wife

This is Lauriel reading. She does this a lot.

Transcription 8 Miles Davis-So What

Part of Miles Davis' solo on So What off of Kind Of Blue. Thats all I'm going to say about this because you should go buy this album. If you only own one jazz album this should be it. P.S. it's amazing.

Drawing 55 Cat

This is Paul hiding behind the computer while I'm trying to catch up on posting. I think I am just about there now.

Drawing 54 Switch

Goodnight.

Drawing 53 Pizza

MMMMMMMMMM!

Drawing 52 Dinosuar

I felt like drawing like a five year old. It felt good.

Drawing 51 Dead Tree

Board.

Drawing 50 Self Potrait

Me in 30 years.

Drawing 49 Mice

Computer accessory. Sorry I didn't post for a while. I was gone all weekend learning how to be a teacher and playing music. Things should return to normal for a little while.

Transcription 7 Clifford Brown-Jordu

Clifford Brown again. I like him. Please go buy this record and enjoy it. That's all I have to say this week.

Drawing 48 Fingers

Drew this while I was in a class about how children with disabilities react to music. It was rather interesting.

Drawing 47

This is a lamp at my hotel room in Yakima this weekend. I went to the WMEA (Washington Music Educators Association) conference, It was a lot of fun and I learned tons.

Drawing 46 Gillgren

This is how my buddy Chris rolls.

Drawing 45 Flower

Happy Valentine's Day.

Drawing 44 Math

This was another bad day and all I drew was some little things on my math homework. We are doing related rates and I find them to be difficult.

Drawing 43 Theory

This is what I spent pretty much my entire evening doing and seeing as it is sort of a sketch I figured I would post it as my drawing. I know it is kind of a cop out but I do like how it looks on the page.

Drawing 42 Iggy Pop

No need to explain this one.

Drawing 41 Cookie

I haven't really felt like drawing the last two days so this is what comes out of my pencil. They were very tasty though.

Transcription 6 Blue Mitchell-Hi-Heel Sneakers

This is from Blue Mitchell's solo on Hi-Heel Sneakers from his 1965 album Down With It! The other personnel on this album are Junior Cook (ts), Chick Corea (p), Gene Taylor (b) and Al Foster (d). To hear this song click here and for more info in Blue Mitchell click here.

Drawing 40 Sax

I don't really like how this turned out. Oh well.

Drawing 39 Humming Bird

Humming birds are fast!!!!

Drawing 38 Tree

This is a tree.

Drawing 37 Stump

This is a tree stump.

Drawing 36 Holga

This is one of my Holga's. It takes purdy pictures.

Drawing 35 School Supplies

Just a few pieces of non-music school supplies. I guess I use the pencil and planner for music.

Transcription 5 Horace Silver-Cool Eyes

We are playing this song in jazz at school right now and I have a solo so here is another little bit that I will probably use to make myself sound better than I actually am. This is from Horace Silver's solo on his album Six Pieces of Silver from 1956. The others n this album are Donald Byrd (t), Hank Mobley (ts), Doug Watkins (b) and Louis Hayes (d). Please visit this link here to find out more about Horace Silver and how fantastic he is.

Drawing 34 Brain

No need to explain this. Me and Lauriel were talking about how we wish we had an extra brain that could be used as an "external hard drive". That would be neat.

Drawing 33 Fish

As some may know I have had a saltwater fish tank up and running for about 2 months now. Today I got my first actual fish for it and drew it. It's a Fire Goby (Nemateleotris magnifica).Here is some other info on the tank if you would like to see.

Drawing 32 Guitar

My git-box

Drawing 31 Wife

I think Lauriel got jealous that I drew my Mom so she asked me to draw a picture of her. This is what came out. I'll draw her with one line sometime so she can see how that feels also.

Drawing 30 Mom

My Mom left a comment saying that she liked my line drawings the best. I find that very flattering so I drew her. Hugs and kisses Mommy. XOXO

Drawing 29 Keyhole

First drawing in my new sketchbook that I got for Christmas. I like it.

drawing 28 Random

Complete randomness. Mondays are long for me. Have a lovely day.

Drawing 27 Cat

This is what my cat looks like from above while he is cleaning himself.

Transcription 4 Lee Morgan-Moanin'

This is a little part of Lee Morgan's solo on Moanin. I just learned that Lee Morgan's wife shot him in the face while he was on stage. I guess thats what you get when you cheat on your wife. The others on this album are Benny Golson (ts), Bobby Timmons (p), Jaymie Merritt (b), and Art Blakey (d). For more info on Lee Morgan go here.

Drawing 26 Room

This is my new bedroom.

Drawing 25 Wolftones

Tonight I went and saw my friends cello quartet play at the Underground Coffeehouse. They mainly play covers of Metallica and other "heavy metal" groups. It was pretty interesting.

Drawing 24 Bake Sale!

I have to do a bake sale for MENC tomorrow so I made this sign. Hopefully it will attract new customers and help the old ones remember the joy that baked goods brings them.

Drawing 23 Shoes

I'm a tired boy. Are you?

Drawing 22 Puff

I just spilt my nalgene on Lauriel's new Puff the Magic Dragon book that she got for Christmas and she didn't even cry. Thats what I call a strong woman.

Drawing 21 Staff

This is the staff that Hector wields when he goes into battle! (Hector is my puffer fish)

Drawing 20 Character

I was drawing with my eyes closed while listening to music and something similar to this came out so I drew it with my eyes open because I liked it.

Transcription 3 Blue Mitchell-Cool Eyes

This is part of blue Mitchell's solo from the Horace Silver tune Cool Eyes. The following was taken from the about this video in youtube.
"The enormously popular Horace Silver Quintet play their signature tune, "Cool Eyes" during a 1959 broadcast for the Dutch KRO Company (KRO stands for Catholic Radio Broadcaster). These broadcasts were usually done during the day in a theater close to Hilversum, the Dutch radio and TV town. I vaguely remember that the public during these radio- and TV performances was usually invited and tickets were free. When one looks at this audience there is very little that would inspire any musician and maybe that is why the band had their backs towards that audience.
The music played is certainly inspired, well recorded and with great close-ups of the musicians.
Pianist Horace Silver together with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Tailor and drummer Louis Hayes play their new style of hard bop with great flair and skill. The instrumentation of his quintet (trumpet, tenor sax, piano, double bass, and drums) served as a model for small jazz groups from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s."
Here is the video from youtube. Enjoy!

Drawing 19 Cars

I drew this from a few polaroids that i took a few years ago. I really liked how the two photos went together especially because they were taken at completely different times. I posted them also because I thought some people might like to see them.

Drawing 18 Alta Hat

This is a hat that we inherited from Laruiel's Grandpa. I have been wearing it a lot recently and find it to be very comfortable.