Most everyone knows the basic story of what Christmas commemorates, even if the details are a bit fuzzy. Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. After that, the facts are skewed. Nowhere in the Christian Bible is it stated when Jesus was born. December 25th was chosen as Jesus’ birthday 440 years after he died. The …
Call me a glutton for punishment. I participated in another portrait swap. This time, my subject was Patrick, keeper of the fifty-two fridays blog. This was quick, easy, fun and it produced great results (on both sides, if I say so myself!) Four days from start to finish. Patrick’s got a cool, if somewhat angry, …
Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who is faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race. The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, …
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I love baseball. I love watching baseball. I love going to baseball games. I wouldn’t say that I am an expert on the game, as I haven’t really been following it for a long time. I don’t pay attention to intricate or obscure stats. I don’t know the game inside and out and I don’t …
I did another portrait swap, although I think this will be my last. This one was with a very talented artist from Indiana named Kim. Check out her work at her blog HERE. Kim did a beautiful drawing of me in her sketchbook. She sent me a link to her flickr album and let me …
This is a story of an innocent portrait swap gone horribly wrong. It started with this portrait I did of Jeannette…. and then (as heard in countless 70s exploitation movies) “some bad shit went down…..” I received this email on August 17 from someone I’ll refer to as “biteyourowntail”: From: biteyourowntail To: joshpincusiscrying@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, …
These drawings were done for a project at “The Portrait Party” blog. Two artists draw each other from swapped photos (or in-person, if they are in close enough proximity to each other). So I drew Jeannette and she drew me. I have never met Jeannette (she lives in Boston), but I do admire her drawing …
I pass this guy, in the train station tunnel between 15th and 16th Streets, on my way to work. He is there most mornings, in his tux, playing an unusual assortment of songs on his flute. The one he plays most often… “Hava Nagila“. He has no trouble getting coffee. I also pass four Dunkin …
Here is a drawing that I did a few months ago, but I never got around to posting it. In between website challenges, I’ll do a drawing on my own. Usually, it is a subject I just want to draw. Here is a character inspired by Schlitzie from the 1932 movie Freaks.
