" Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit." - Vincent Van Gogh I've been drawing a lot of smiley faces lately. I haven't drawn a lot of substantial stuff. But, I think I will try to do some more substantial art. One of my New Year's resolutions, or goals, will be to draw more in the new year. I wish everyone a merry Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate at this time of the year. Have a good one.

  Here's a yule log sketch I did in my sketchbook tonight. It's that time of the year, a time for yule logs, or a yule log video on demand if you don't have a fireplace. Thanksgiving is about two weeks away. It's a great time of year.

  "John Cleese Caricature" by Josh Ralls Here's a caricature I drew of John Cleese in my sketchbook. 

 I decided to update my art blog design. It has a tiled background of some of my previous artworks. Happy Halloween!

  "Raymond Luxury Yacht (Pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove)" Here is a picture I drew of Graham Chapman as Raymond Luxury Yacht (pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove) from Monty Python. I've been trying to get myself to start drawing in a different sketchbook. It's one that I tore pages out of that I drew on, so it had all blank pages in it. I finally drew something in it...this. 

"Untitled" by Josh Ralls

"Coffee Abduction" by Josh Ralls

Sketchbooks are technically meant for things like rough sketches. One good reason not to do elaborate, final drawings in your sketchbook is that, if you're really happy with them, you'd be tempted to tear them out and frame them or something like that. That's especially seems like a dilemma if you're using a hard bound sketchbook. There might not be anything wrong with tearing pages out of your sketchbook, depending on how you look at it, but some people may want to keep the pages in the sketchbook.

This is a zentangle drawing I did last night.

Here's a zentange-inspired sketch card I did. I drew it in the shape of a spade.

"Zentangle Dog Paw" by Josh Ralls Here's a zentangle type of drawing I did. It's a dog paw. I got the idea earlier and started drawing it soon after.

"Zentangle 2020" by Josh Ralls Here's a zentangle I did earlier. I couldn't think of anything to draw, and then I thought of zentangle.

"Some Guy" Here's my latest drawing. It's a cartoon character I made up. I drew him in graphite pencil and then inked him with a ball point pen.

"Yorkie Sketch" Here's a Sketch I did earlier or a small Yorkie statue I have.