A very successful weekend working on artwork. Did meet Ed Reilly and Deb Gesner at the True West World Headquarters on Saturday morning to go over our next sculpture. Hint: it's going to be of this guy:
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Daily Whipout, "Billy's Backyard Ballet"
Still noodling storm clouds over the Mother Road and did this little lightning strike panorama:
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Daily Whipout, "Highway Storm Panorama"
Here's another lightning strike study (note face in clouds):
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Daily Whipout, "Lightning Strike Face Time"
And here's a mysterious rider:
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Daily Whipout, "Entering The Valley of The Shadow of Death"
This morning I whipped this out before going into work:
![](http://api.ning.com:80/files/etWx3bZZxYpPzrXIPP0a-7KjwIlDfHt1onbN0AOctIXAy3pX6uIMDBX1JVlF4NWaKJJtV4mR5L9CqfPnaCkz9K0GXKgWor31/lonevaquero.jpg)
Daily Whipout, "Lone Vaquero"
And then went home for lunch today and whipped this out:
![](http://api.ning.com:80/files/etWx3bZZxYqpBpg6192phQJdsQhs8ejt83DQHQBkyA1y4kuAqEZh79NDu*fX6V8WJZsRUwf31qBpO1aWJjC-NL57aZAAoJl3/mysteriousdave.jpg)
Daily Whipout, "Mysterious Dave"
"I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release, just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook."
—Bill Watterson