May 24, 2007 by Ronald Hicks.

This a magnolia bloom I was inspired to sketch in my journal while posted at the hotel. I scanned the original sketch from my Moleskine journal into Photoshop and painted it using a method I call ‘quick concept’ where I quick mask primary parts of the drawing and fill with the base colors I have selected. I do this on a layer by layer basis. Once I have the primary colors blocked in I then merge the colors layers and add details with the dodge and burn tools. This drawing was printed and mailed to my sweetie in Thunder Bay, Ontario:)

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May 9, 2007 by Ronald Hicks.

This is a sketch I did the other day while reflecting on when I had began working at the casino. When I began working at the casino we had two golf carts that were gas powered. One of the golf cars was a little smaller than the other one and the two were shared between the three shifts tending to put a lot of wear and tear on both of the vehicles. The smaller one was referred to as the ‘Bumblebee’ and was more reliable and little zippier than the larger golf cart which was a little larger and less reliable. The larger golf cart wasn’t nicknamed as tended to spend more time in the maintainence shop and thussed never nicknamed like its zippier cousin the Bumblebee.
The relatively new golf cart I sketched here is an electric powered. The three shifts now has their own carts they all have to be charged overnight. Even with each shift having their own cart the wear and tear on the carts has been considerable. I had my final fender bender in our new electric powered golf cart and no longer drive. I can now attribute any new damage to the 20 & 30 somethings in our shift.

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