I got the inspiration for this drawing from the water left on the table by a plate of cranberry sauce. I drew it later after dinner. It's in graphite on Pacon drawing pad paper.

 I have a post of a couple of Santa Claus pictures I drew on Instagram. They can be seen here . 

"Christmas Light" I was playing around with my new scanner and scanned this picture I drew some time ago.  Christmas is still a long way off, but I chose this picture to scan. Christmas in July is coming soon though. I don't do any celebrating for that other than maybe listing to a Christmas music channel on TV that month. I think this scan turned out pretty well, although I might want to line up the next one better than this one.

Here are some Christmas in July Doodles I did in my Sketchbook last month. 

"Munchie" This is a picture I drew for a friend. It's a drawing of a dog they used to have. I was bummed about Christmas being over, and I thought doing a blog post, like I do on Mondays, might make me feel better. I had a great Christmas, and I hope everyone else who celebrates it had a great one too. I got some art supplies for Christmas. One of the things I got was a big Strathmore drawing pad, which I'm already thinking about what I might draw in it. The holidays aren't completely over yet. There's still New Year's. So, happy holidays!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas time. Merry Christmas, and happy holidays!

"Friendship" This was inspired by the scene in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York , where Kevin McCallister visits Duncan's Toy Chest, a toy store in New York. It's the scene where Mr. Duncan lets Kevin have two turtle doves as a token of the store's appreciation for his donation to the children's hospital. Turtle doves are a symbol of friendship. My family and I watch that movie every year at Christmas time. It's one of the best Christmas movies ever!

  These, in the pictures above, are two of the gifts I got for Christmas. I think they're awesome! The first one at the very top is a book my sister made on Shutterfly with art and comic strips from my comic strip series titled The Drawing Board . The Second one below that is a 2016 calendar my sister also made on Shutterfly with a variety of my art in it. I can't say enough how much I appreciate my sister making these gifts for me. I've already put up the calendar even though the new year isn't here yet. I have a really awesome sister! I hope everyone has been having happy holidays and will have a happy new year.

"Merry Christmas!" I drew this earlier this week. I drew it on printer paper. I inked it with a black Sharpie and colored it with Liqui-Mark colored pencils. I thought it would make for a good post for the week of Christmas. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

"Santa Claus (Alternate Version)" Here's an alternate version of my Santa Clause artwork from last year . I decided to see if I had another Christmas pattern I would want to use for it, and I found this one with bells and Christmas trees. This background seems like more of a Christmas background to me. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

"Saint Nick" Here's a picture I drew of Santa Claus last night. Santa is also known as Saint Nick. The Beach Boys wrote a song titled "Little Saint Nick." Santa is known by many names, some of which he mentions in Tim Allen's movie titled The Santa Clause . Merry Christmas, and happy holidays!

Here's a fun Christmas video from Christopher Hart. In this video, he shows how to draw Santa Claus.

"Frosty the Snowman - Merry Christmas!" This is a new drawing. I just drew this last night. I've been blogging old ones recently but I decided to blog a new one today. I decided to do a Christmas drawing last night, and I decided on this. It's based on the Rankin/Bass version of Frosty. The Frosty the Snowman cartoon from Rankin/Bass is a classic. Jimmy Durante gave a great narration for the show. There have been follow ups to the cartoon over the years. This Frosty cartoon gets shown every year, and in recent years it's been shown with a very different Frosty cartoon with John Goodman voicing the title character. That cartoon is titled Frosty Returns . Frosty is a classic Christmas character. He's as much a Christmas icon as Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. As the artwork says, "merry Christmas!" Also, happy holidays.

"Christmas Time II Here's a sequel to my "Christmas Time" artwork. Like the previous one, I made this with dA Muro on deviantART. I started listening to Christmas music I think towards the end of October. Now it's nearly officially Christmas time. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. Thanksgiving, which was yesterday, is another. I love to feast! Happy holidays!

"Garfield" "The Fairly Even Couple" Today is Garfield's 37th birthday (pardon the URL, I miscalculated)! I've been a fan of Garfield for decades. I've checked out Garfield books from the library. I've watched Garfield and Friends , the early 1990s cartoon show. I have the two live-action movies that I got with a Garfield plush dog toy for Christmas one year. The movies are a double feature package. Garfield is one of the greatest comic strip characters ever. I've done some drawings of him, two of which you can see above. Today's Garfield comic strip is at the link below. It's the first two-panel strip I've seen for Garfield: Garfield Comic Strip on GoComics.com

"Santa Claus" I drew this not long ago, and I digitally colored it today. The background is a patterned fill from the paint shop program I worked on this in. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

My family and I finished up watching The Santa Clause trilogy last night. It's great. I've imagined making a Santa Clause comic before that takes place after the movies. If I get ambitious enough, I might try to do that some time. I changed the background on my blog to a Christmas background. I'm thinking of changing it to an all-new background in the new year. I'm also thinking about blogging a Christmas-themed artwork soon.

"Dad Figure" I did this around the holidays in 2012 and 2013. I got a blank cartoon figure for Christmas that I had wanted. They make these things so you can draw whatever you want on them. You can make them look like whatever character, made up or pre-existing, you want. I decided to make this one look like my dad. I first drew the features with a black marker that came with the figure. Then, I painted it with acrylic paint. I also used one of the stickers. It's a sticker of a watch. I think it turned out really cool, and if I had three more I'd make ones of my mom and sister and I. And if there was a dog figure, I'd make one of our Yorkie puppy, Ginger. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

"Clark Griswold"  Update: I added a 15th movie to the list. It's actually more like a TV special. Here are some Christmas movies I recommend: 1. It's a Wonderful Life 2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 3. Home Alone 4. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 5. Home Alone 3 6. Ernest Saves Christmas 7. Claymation Christmas Celebration (technically a TV special) 8. The Santa Clause 9. The Santa Clause 2 10. The Santa Clause 3 11. Christmas with the Kranks 12. I'll be Home for Christmas 13. Scrooged 14. Batman Returns (it is set at Christmas time) 15. Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve (TV special) Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

Grandma's Butterfly Decoration I touched up this butterfly for my grandma last year. I think it's concrete like the boot I painted for my sister. The paint on the butterfly was faded, so my grandma asked that I touch it up. I went over the orange parts and the dots. I brightened them up, and I added some darker orange shading to the orange parts, besides putting some light orange on there. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!