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Dear Blog,

I'm sorry I have been away for a while.

Rome is winding down...

Which means work is starting to pick up up up!!!

I'm going to try and be more vigilant with my updating...

In the meantime, I got a tumblr!

Which is basically like a picture blog... so feel free to check this from time to time too!

(Picture Tumblr!)

Ty-Jack...

So this is the final piece I submitted for the Drawing show we are having here at Temple Rome in conjunction with a group of Italian Art students.

I chose to do a portrait of my best friend Tyler based on a self portrait he took of himself a few weeks ago. I can't really explain it, but I was so drawn to the photo upon seeing it that I knew I wanted to draw it myself.

I have to say I learned a lot through this piece and while it's not completely proportional, I really am pretty pleased with how it came out; especially the shirt.

40in. x 40in. Vine and Compressed Charcoal.

A Cut Above...

This is the first state of a Linoleum Print I'm working on in Rome.

We have to have at least four colors in it; with black and white not counting as colors. The image is a photo booth picture of my friends and I at Knobels amusement park last summer.

A Hint of Tint...

Sneak peak of the aquatint I'm working on...

Here's the etching state of the plate.

Tomorrow I'll print it, then start the aquatint.