06-30-10. Red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax).

Found at the northern extreme of the Monon Trail in Indiana.

Very beautiful butterfly drinking on the Monon.

It sat still for me and let me take lots of photos. I also notice the cicadas are back.

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06-29-10. I don't know what this is.

It's growing in our backyard.

06-28-10. Crispy chrysanthemums.

Daily Artist posts will resume on July 1st.

I'm taking the next few days to discover another month's worth of daily artists.

06-27-10. Goods from my first trip to Luna Music. Nice local music shop. Fun place.

Goods from my very first trip to Luna Music.

Lots of great stuff there. Support local shops!

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Sillybandz? It takes very little to get kids excited these days...

I was puzzled when I saw my anti-girly nephew so enthusiastic about bracelets... Now I get it. I guess.

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z is for zigzag: Lisa Stefanelli

boldwood, 2003
oil on board. by Lisa Stefanelli

06-26-10. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus).

Amaya! In the house last weekend.

My niece. This photo was spontaneous and came out nicely, if I do say so myself.

y is for yam: Janet Rickus EDIT: Actually, no, I was wrong (and the artist is wrong). These are sweet potatoes.

Yams,
Oil/Panel. By Janet Rickus

06-25-10. This is my brain on dump.fm

I see so many things each day, it's getting harder and harder to pick out something significant enough to draw. Dump.fm definitely isn't helping anything. But I can't look away.

013 Ashore

x is for x-ray: Tom Molloy

Dove (X-ray), 2008. Drawing by Tom Molloy

06-24-10. Picture of the devastation after earthquake in Toronto.

source: mwjoffe of Twitter

w is for white: Scott Foldesi

Tree, 2007. By Scott Foldesi

06-23-10. Information overload.

I searched and searched today, but I could not find any one image that I really wanted to draw. I found a real-time feed of images being uploaded to Twitter. I gave up. Here's an infinitesimal sample of what people chose to upload to the internet just before I drew this picture. I was lucky that this sample didn't include the graphic sex, disgusting images, and tasteless jokes that some people also felt the need to upload. The sample had a 99.9% chance of including a cat.

v is for veracruz: Alec Dempster

image from "Toxic Love" series by Alec Dempster

06-22-10. Plum, Katy S' happy cat.

u is for usual: Brad Eberhard

"Personality Test", 2008. By Brad Eberhard

Part of a group show held at the opening of the Cottage Home gallery in LA. Greeted by the "usual suspects" of the LA art scene (according to Andrew Berardini of Artnet).

06-21-10. Mask of Tutankhamun.

My fast version of something slow and beautiful.

t is for tennessee: Halima Washington

painting by Halima Washington

Washington is based in Atlanta. She teaches art classes at the Binders art supplies store there, which I visited several times when I lived there during my first semester of college. She was interviewed here by Jimmy Chattanooga, who is based in Tennessee. It's funny... her name is my name spelled backwards, minus the K.

06-20-10. Yesterday's Father's Day get-together.

s is for salmon: Steve Klinkel

Images by Steve Klinkel

06-19-10. Cornflower.

All of my immediate family except for one sister came to visit today. The get-together was for Father's Day a day early. Even my niece (daughter of the missing sister) came along. She was very cute, dancing to music, smiling, and being curious about everything. I'll probably draw a picture about the little party tomorrow when I have more time.

Painting 012. Flowers Marching Out To Sea.

This is really my first sincere attempt at abstraction. I like smooth paint, so I had to fight against my usual painting habits. I learned a lot with this piece. I hope to apply what I learned to improve future paintings. This is small-scale (12 x 12in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm)), so I'm offering it for a lower price than my other paintings.

This painting is available for purchase.

Medium: Oil paint

Support: Canvas

Size: 12x12in. (30.5x30.5 cm)

$50.00

r is for red: Robert Garcia

Robert Garcia, We Are Who We Are, 2009. via Art Fag City

06-18-10. Autumn gentian (Gentiana amarella).

q is for quintana roo: Ron Kroeker

Quintana Roo by Ron Kroeker

06-17-10. Spiny dye murex (Murex brandaris). Ancient source of royal purple dye.

p is for pennsylvania: Pamela Grumbach

Fog painting by Pamela Grumbach

06-16-10. White-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus).

Originally from south & southeast Asia. Introduced to parts of Hawaii. It's part of the thrush family, so it's like a very fancy robin.

o is for oaxaca: Shinzaburo Takeda

print by Shinzaburo Takeda

06-15-10. Heliotrope.

n is for new jersey: Robert Beck

Headphones by Robert Beck

This is part one of a new daily series that I'm starting. Each day, along with my own daily sketches, I plan to highlight work that I like by one fellow artist. Each will be selected to match a keyword. Robert Beck is based in Lambertville, New Jersey.

06-14-10. Finished watching Avatar: The Last Airbender today.

06-13-10. Tiny Tabasco from Popeyes.

Painting 011. Jordan.

Painting 011 Jordan by Kamilah Gill

This painting is available for purchase now on Etsy.

One of my brothers.

Medium: Oil paint
Support: Canvas
Size: 16x20 in. (40x50 cm)

by Kamilah Gill

Something different from what I usually paint. This is not my weekly painting. I'm posting that one in just a moment.

This is an older piece.

06-12-10. GOOD ART: Sculpture by Dominic Sansone @ Wug Laku. RIDICULOUSLY BAD ART: Talbot Street "Art" Fair.

06-11-10. Moose in Chicago.

06-10-10. Made it to 10th Street.

I know that they're weeds, but the thistles have some beautiful flowers right now.

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Made it from 146th to 10th St. Bicycle Garage Indy tuned up my bike.

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06-09-10. Miyuki Ayukawa from BASQUASH. A possible rare black anime character.

I didn't Google her to find out for sure whether she's supposed to be black, because I didn't want to be disappointed. She at least definitely has brown skin and dreadlocks. I like anime generally, but it's always bugged me that almost all of the characters look white. (Even though I know that most of them are supposed to be Japanese. I bet a whole lot of Americans still don't know that.)

06-08-10. The doe in the pond. Based on Harold's photo.