All the books I’ve read in 2021. This includes novels, instructional, picture books, art books, and e-books. Basically any book with an ISBN digital or print. A Wrinkle in Time – Fight Club The Urban Sketching Handbook: Techniques for Beginners – Suhita Shirodkar Bobby kFischer Teaches Chess Julia’s House for Lost Creatures – Ben Hatke…
Category: Life
Finding someone in the desert
I don’t really know where to start, but finding someone in the desert on the verge of death is a life-changing experience to say the least. It’s been all over the news and social media. It just blows my mind. Full write up of the tour and my perspective of the incident can be found…
SW Roadtrip 2018
During my weeklong road trip with @tweetsandchirps, I kept a sketchbook and watercolor travel journal of our experiences and the wildlife we spotted. My full supplies list: Moleskine watercolor journal 5″x8.25″ Sable travel brushes in various sizes Winsor & Newton Cotman watercolor transferred to a generic tin Copic Multi-liner 05 Mechanical Pencil with 0.5mm blue…
2016 Recap Report
Overall, 2016 was a rather successful year for me on so many levels. I had set several goals for the year, all of which were met with success to my own standards. Bikepacking the Three Sisters Three Rivers Route Bicycle Tour of the San Juan Islands Read 52 Books in a year Run a Marathon…
A weekend in Arcata
Many weeks ago, Audrey asked “Should I do this?” Next thing I know, we’re driving 7+ hours to Aracata, California so that Audrey could attend Godwit Days. She would spend the weekend birding around with various groups, snapping photos, talking about birds, birding birds, and meeting her birding idol: David Sibley. Yes, THAT DAVID SIBLEY….
My 2016 Reading Challenge
Last night I finished reading book number 13 out of 52 planned for 2016. According to the Goodreads 2016 Reading Challenge, this puts me at 25% complete for the year. Barely into the second month and I’m eight books ahead of schedule. I suppose there will be weeks where I have other happenings that make…
Reading List – 2015
I started 2015 off pretty strong with a lot of reading, then had some months where I barely read at all. But overall, I’m pretty happy with the number of books I’ve read especially in the last few weeks of the year. Here’s a list of all the books I’ve read in 2015, in no particular…
Sketchbook Challenge – January 2014
Way back on January 1, a couple of artists I follow on Twitter decided to start a sketchbook challenge and had invited other artists to participate. I had been looking to do more drawing so this sounded like fun! Drawing each day for 31 days to fill a 110-sheet 5.5″x8″ sketchbook proved to be extremely…
2012 Recap
The world didn’t end! 2012 has been a crazy for year for me. Lots has changed in my life, better, worse, strange, and exciting. Shacked up with my lovely girlfriend, Audrey Stayed at the Clifftop Inn Toured the Oregon Coast for 10 Days on Bicycles Still Fun-employed My own personal art showing at Bikeasaurus Visited…
Bike Craft 2012 – Success!
I debuted “Bike Parade: The Activity Book” at the 2012 Bike Craft to great success! Although many of the other vendors of the show had lamented poor sales, I feel like I scored pretty well and will definitely be back at BikeCraft 2013. -Tomas
Activity Book
I have a new book in the works…and Activity Book! Here’s a list of some of the animals that have been recommended to me via Twitter and Facebook: Hedgehog Giraffe Bat Platypus Turtle Salmon Amoeba Moose Squid Bookworm Unicorn Toad Lemur Sasquatch Dragon Kangaroo DINOSAURS! RAWR! I’m still trying to figure out what kind of…
My First Art Opening
I still can’t believe this happened: I just had my very first art opening/show. Becky from Bikeasaurus is so awesome! The days leading up to the show were stressful and sleepless as I tried to get some new pieces of work ready to display. I unveiled 4 new pieces in black & white along with…