June 29, 2009
Last week, in Vegas, Charlie Waters, alias Bugs, went undercover wearing a True West ball cap and a Doc Holliday "I'm your huckleberry" T-shirt.

Here's the full report:

The World Series of Poker

Worked all weekend on sketches, starting with a prickly pear study:

Which led to this:

Followed by studies of Mickey's Mama, and hole in the sky:

Also spent some time with Dead Sea Scroll type patinas:

On a break, got into a Rembrandt art book and came under his spell:

Bozebrandt Poaching:

And more patina noodling:

This led to a rash of bigger patina studies (art to follow: filed under "Wasting Away In Patinaville").

"The man of reflection discovers Truth; but the one who enjoys it and makes use of its heavenly gifts is the man of action."
—Benito Perez Galdos