Hello.  I had a good day at the cafe.  I didn't get a lot done, and I was late getting there, but at least I got to paint, and do my thing.
     I guess the A's won today, so there was a lot of excitement about that.  They get to advance to the next round, after beating the Detroit Tigers. 
     Anyway, I have a big job to do, and that is to get all of my napkin art onto this blog.  It won't be easy, and it will take a long time.

     The only way to get it done is to start.  Up above is 'SuperJew'.  It is a work in progress.  It will be 'SJ' inside a Star of David.  On the back, I might draw the hero.  During WWII, the Germans used to call Superman by the name of 'SuperJew' as a joke, so that is how I got the idea for this art piece.

     This is a portrait in progress of some stripper my friend introduced me to.  She was a very nice, beautiful, young lady.  I have no problem with a girl being a stripper to make some extra money.  To me, it is just an art form that can help pay for college.

     Many of my pieces just start out as a ballpoint pen drawing on a napkin.  Then I slowly add layers of paint to try and make it into something.  This one is of me walking with my bike while my date is carrying a bottle of wine.  This is based on a real life experience that my lady friend suggested.  I think it will turn out pretty good.

     Here is my little mischievous devil.  The drawing is based off of some cartoon I saw on a flyer, and then I did my own thing with it.  I like this one.  The devil is obviously up to no good, which is kind of what I'm up.  If you are going to do some evil, at least have a good time doing it, I always say.

     'The Ever-Changing Table Display' is often on my table.  I like to show this one a lot, because it kind of indicates what I am doing inside a bar while painting on cocktail napkins. 
     The one below it is the back of a naked woman.  It is okay to show this one, but I have other naked ones that I can't really put on this blog.  That is a shame.  Google doesn't like that kind of stuff.  I've already learned my lesson about having adult material up on a general blog.  What they do is take away the ability for the blog to be monetized.  Someday, I'd like to get a paycheck for the things I do on the web, so I don't want to truck that up.

     This girl was nice.  She was fun to paint, too.  It was because of her last Friday night that some other people wanted their portrait painted, too.  So, because of her, I got some sales that I wouldn't normally have gotten.

     By the time I painted this one, I was on a roll.  I was on my second or third Raineer, and my paint was very fluid.  I also had a lot of paint on my palette, so I just went for it.  He was a nice guy, and I was thinking about Cezanne while I painted this.  CCR was playing on the stereo, so this one just ended up being really good.  It's a beautiful piece, in my opinion.

     These two young ladies were friends of the bearded guy.  They were both very pretty.  I did the best that I could, but sometimes I get nervous when painting beautiful woman.  I can't help it.

     Here are the two of them side by side.  One was done right after the other.  It is fun to see how different people can influence how I paint.  It is a different vibe depending on the people.

     I guess that is enough for this entry.