Oct
31
>Welcome to 1988. We are still living in San Jose, California. All three of our kids are born and growing. I have started to draw a fantasy series in my sketchbook of various creatures in the act of worshipping other bizarre creatures.
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| Bet you didn’t know there was a God of People with their Thumbs on Wrong, did you? If you are an artist like me who sometimes forgets which ways thumbs go on hands, having Glurg around is very helpful. Makes me feel less guilty. |
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| People find the help they need. Saint Mesh helps things run smoothly. |
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| Beware if the God you worship looks a lot like you. |
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Drawing by Marty Coleman, 1988.
Jul
25
Sketchbook History Tour – 1973.
I have sketchbooks dating back to 1971. Each Sunday I will post a drawing, going through the years.
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| Sunbather at a Country Club, 1973 |
During the summer after I graduated from High School I got blown up in a boat explosion. My recuperation took place at my parent’s home in Virginia. I got a job life guarding at a local pool inside a country club. I used my off time to continue drawing. A frequent visitor to the pool allowed me to draw her sunbathing. Sunbathers are great models for artists of course since they sit still for long periods of time. She was no exception.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
May
23
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Sunday is ‘I draw in church’ day
Sometimes even in color. This was drawn 16 years ago, 1/15/94, in California. You can see not all that much has changed. I still like turtles, cities in the distance, puffy clouds, oceans and volcanoes.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
May
02
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Here is my Sunday ‘I draw in church’ offering.
Taken from my 1997 sketchbook. I used a typical ball point pen. Drawn at Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa, OK where we were going at the time.
The woman in the foreground was a friend of ours. She had done some sort of magic to her hair that morning because it was perfectly coiffed and very shiny. The woman behind her had nice hair too, but it was SO wildly different that I was drawn to the juxtaposition.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Apr
18
>On Sundays I am posting drawings I do in church. This one was done in March, 2006.
‘The beautifully coiffed mother sitting very still while her down syndrome child fidgeted and touched everything around him including his father but he never touched her once and she has a tired, strong face that speaks to her pain and vanity and dreams deferred and love she goes to church to find and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and tries and’
