Here's one that's been on a back burner for a while. I've worked on it a little here and a little there. I finally finished it up the other day. I took some weathered cedar fence and fashioned a frame out of it. Since cedar fence doesn't exactly have precision thickness, I fashioned some leather corners for it. The added benefit is that I don't have to be that precise on the miter cuts. When it was done, I even added a used screw-head and nail-head into the existing holes to make it a little more authentic. You likely won't find anything like it in a museum, but it is a good rustic-looking frame that doesn't cost a gallon of gas. (Hover over image to enlarge)

I finally got to practice some drawing with a male model the other day. We don't get them too often. It's good to go through that change every once in a while. I have a tendency to get too comfortable with a particular body type and then I struggle when the body type changes. (Hover over image to enlarge)

I've heard conflicting positions regarding whether business cards are beneficial for artists. One argument is that a good business card will be remembered and kept for future use - commissions in particular. An opposing argument is that it discourages impulse buys because the potential buyer will pick up a card, instead, with the intention of buying something at a later date (but never does). One day I may be able to answer that question from my own experience. For now, I decided to use a card. I've always appreciated business cards that are representative of the artist's work. It's a quick visual reminder of what I was looking at, and who's I was really interested in purchasing. To that end, I decided my first business card would highlight one of my pieces and would be carved in leather. (Hover over image to enlarge).