Here a chicken comes to the rescue of her eggs. Thus, a quick illustration to fit the Illustration Friday word of the week, ‘Rescue’.

Here’s a caricature I drew and painted at a party Saturday in Clermont, Florida.

I attended a rodeo Friday and sketched pages in the sketch pad.

Here are a couple pages of those.

I had always hoped for another reunion of Alexander Scott and Kelly Robinson, but apparently that won’t happen. Robert Culp, 79, died today after a fall in a park. I can only hope he might really be Bill Maxwell and the little green guys got him and swapped bodies…or… something like that.

Here’s more about Robert Culp’s death.

Below is an autograph I was fortunate to get many, many years ago.

I attended a 3-D showing of ‘The Creature from the Black Lagoon’ on March 16th, 2010. I had a great time visiting with friends I was surprised to run into there, Paula Large, Jerry Darkey, Priscilla Rose, Dan Stapleton, etc. I got to finally meet Holly and Dolly of ‘Holly and Dolly’s Bar and Grill in Casselberry. The twins were also former dancers at Church Street Station and mermaids at Weeki Wachee. To the left is a sketch of someone at the theater.

The best part of the film viewing is that Ginger Stanley attended. Ms. Stanley was the stand-in for Julia Adams in ‘The Creature from the Black Lagoon’. She spoke before and after the film about her experiences in the film and answered questions. After the viewing she was outside the theater greeting fans and signing autographs, which she did for hours. Below is the autograph and below that is a photo of Ms. Stanley and myself.

A gag cartoon for the word ‘Expired’ for Illustration Friday.

Below is film of me coming up with the gag and drawing the cartoon. It follows after 28 minutes of me drawing my Glenn Beck editorial cartoon. You can see me and UStream viewers kick around ideas and then me realizing gag, penciling and inking cartoon.

A underground exploration as illustrated for the word ‘Subterranean’ for Illustration Friday.

I went to a Rodeo this past weekend and got a chance to really work on my ability to draw horses. Above are a few sketches from more than 20 pages of sketches.

This makes 13 books so far this year. All were good. The Taylor Caldwell was an excellent story, maybe a bit over written. Sugar and the Everglades was a puff piece written by US Sugar to get reaers to complain to Washington DC about giving Cuba and South America the ability to take over the US sugar market. A well written puff piece, though.