Getting to Know Herbs with Nat!

Getting to Know Herbs with Nat!

A couple of weeks ago, Brad and I spent an afternoon in the Sepulveda Basin Community Garden Center with Natalie from CultivateLove LA. We took her Get to Know Herbs workshop and spent time learning about herb gardening with all five senses, touching and tasing the...
2018 Superb Owl Painting

2018 Superb Owl Painting

Per tradition, I spent the Sunday of a large football game painting a bird, and this week I’m auctioning it off for charity! 55% of the sale will benefit the Antelope Valley Conservancy, which works to preserve the Antelope Valley watershed (which borders three...
The Weird Animal Dropbox

The Weird Animal Dropbox

Every now and then someone I know will say to me “I found out about this neat weird animal and immediately thought of you,” to which I’ll reply “cool, tell me about it.” So I thought to myself It might be a good idea to make a handy form...
March Favorites — Pottymouth Edition

March Favorites — Pottymouth Edition

This is a roundup of all the neat new things I’ve discovered this month. Podcast: Holy F*cking Science A new podcast by the inimitable Hank Green and SciShow crew, HFS is an hour-ish-long podcast where grown adults talk about the science news that excites them,...
Painting a Platypus

Painting a Platypus

A couple of weeks ago, I painted up some animals for my friend Garrett’s son’s nursery. I took a timelapse of the process: I actually designed the characters digitally, and applied a transfer to the plywood to paint over. It worked out pretty well. I want...