Roy Sanchez | Artist

I know these don’t work but it’s the evidence of effort I’m seeking

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Reading a lot lately

An old sketch book pages that combined a drawing from life session with late night arts notes taking.

“Ghoul” charcoal drawing of a deputy goon

Crayon sketch

Watercolor painting of a red buoy

Graphite drawing of the front of the Darle fishing boat

Ink sketch of a fisherman with background of a pillar next to a boat

ARTifacts drawings at Columbia River Maritime Museum

This perfectly captures the spirit and character of that guy. Well done

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

I agree 100%. Def makes their assertion that DEI policies is the least impactful change more transparent. Thanks for reminding us not to doomscroll

Thanks!

A painting of a woman hunched over her knees with her head facing downward and arms to her sides.

Becca, watercolor

“Ruth” A watercolor painting of an author I just read.

The painting is made with crimson red lake and Prussian blue, the two colors left on the lid of the paint container I use as a palette

A lot of white journalists have a persistent level of empathy and good faith for white Trump voters and white nationalists. It's often evident in how stories about these two groups are framed, reported, edited and defended online compared to stories about Black Americans and progressive activists.

Heather. Felt like drawing something on a scribbled on sketchbook page. Water soluble graphite and a cool water dripped thing I’ve always had but never messed with.

These two are ink on mineral paper, something I hadn’t played with before. Interesting but prob not worth the effort of finding the paper

Z, watercolor

Becca, charcoal on newsprint

Becca, quick poses

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

Charcoal drawing of a nude man facing away and to the right with his hands resting on his knees. His seat is covered in red cloth which obscures his foot.

Z in charcoal and watercolor

I hurt my back a few weeks ago and silently appreciated getting to be in bed for days at a time

The pain sucks though. Get well soon

Republicans have made clear they won’t hesitate to bleed health programs dry if it means they can shower more tax cuts on billionaires and big corporations.

I will fight tooth and nail to stop them & protect the health care families rely on. Repost if you're with me.

Who took over your account?

Bro are you ok? Your wizened visage appears forlorn

I’m sure most Senators understand the danger in confirming RFK Jr.

But here's the thing: conscience is a muscle. Courage is a muscle. The less you use them, the more they fade away.

If you do not draw a line somewhere, you will cross every line you could ever imagine.

Why can’t I post images or video?