Behind the scenes at the Enchanted Table software engineering office

The owl in your neighborhood wonders about you Drawn from life at @appletondrawing.bsky.social Red Mage (Familiar, Barred Owl) Sanguine on paper 11 x 14 in. Available

My tarot and oracle deck web app is gradually coming together!

“If I’m not gentle with myself, that feeling can stop me from moving the pencil at all, so I have to give myself plenty of encouragement. The main thing I have to rely on is small inklings of desires or curiosity that hint toward possible next steps.” open.substack.com/pub/patternw...

Cursed to touch all the stones open.substack.com/pub/patternw... (On the encouragement of friends, this is my first subscribers-only newsletter. I’m experimenting with a behind the scenes studio journal, and more regular public posts on creative practice and art. Hope you’ll join me!)

"This is my favorite tree. I love it for its visual splendor, the way the branches twist and flow out and I have to spin around to follow them. Its canopy creates a room, and its double trunk creates a chair." open.substack.com/pub/patternw...

apple photos decided to make a slideshow of protests I’ve gone to for the last 10 years so that’s nice

We met some deer in the wetlands today!

Drawing portraits from RedditGetsDrawn! youtu.be/2Yt0EybYiCk?...

Warming up my YouTube channel with a video sharing one of my favorite drawing exercises! youtu.be/XV7S5ux9b1M?...

Portrait study, charcoal pencil on newsprint

Gun Rith. Standing stones in West Penwith

All we want is the winged victory Figure study in Procreate with Lane Brown’s charcoal brush pack

I’m writing a life drawing book! It’s a companion to bring with you to life drawing to find inspiration and exercises to keep your practice fresh, grow your observational skills, and get encouragement in your creative practice. Want to help? Send me a DM! Looking for folks to test draft exercises 😄

A few life drawings from the last few months

Figure drawing on thrifted Pier 1 stone tile

i like how all art forms are basically humans organizing stimuli for their senses into pleasing structures and flows

At a life drawing session I made drawing in sanguine that became the visual direction for a new series titled Red Mage. I loved the brilliant red contrasted with the paper, and the immediacy of the study. The series gradually grew in the studio during what I called “sanguine summer.”

Within the Oxenham Arms in the village of South Zeal, Devon is The ‘Roman Pillar' propping up the roof in the restaurant at the rear of the pub. In the next room is an enormous Menhir built into the fabric of the wall too. One pub - two standing stones.

realizing the first thing you should do for any idea / interest you have is find the niche discord server / forum that has a small but active and encouraging community related to that thing

chasing the high of reading the D&D equipment list table for the first time and deciding what to spend my 12gp on

I’m gradually settling on a local-first approach to Enchanted Table, my virtual tabletop web app for tarot and oracle decks. Your readings, cards, and decks are your own data, the value of saving to a remote database is primarily data backup and easy access across devices.

the tarot / oracle deck web app I’ve been working on is gradually starting to feel juicier

Coming soon 🦉🐦‍⬛🪶

Me: Haha Baldur’s Gate is so silly, why would someone leave a single bottle in a box Me, opening a box in my basement: oh look, a single bottle

One drawing sold and added a couple more today! These drawings are a helpful exercise for me personally to practice different approaches and techniques, but I also hope to make drawings that would be fun to have on a wall at home.

Trying something new, an art auction! There are many daily studies piling up in my studio, and it would be nice to 1) make collecting art more accessible and 2) create a flow of drawings out the door. I have new charcoal figure drawings available now, thanks for looking! www.ebay.com/usr/kevinmcg...

urls really are one of the best ideas ever

I’m working on a web app that has been on my mind for a long time. It’s Enchanted Table, a virtual tabletop for oracle decks designed to support any journaling or creative practice. You can create your own cards and decks, and shuffle, draw, and arrange them on an open ended canvas. 🧵

Charcoal portrait

never leaving my house

Repost to make it look like I’m trying to reach you

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oh to have the confidence of the roofing guy to believe the whole neighborhood will enjoy hearing their radio selection

Instagram is saturated with so many feature flags I see a completely different UI on three different accounts

Figure

“Chez” Cat on wood floor 20 x 30 in. 2025 NFS

Selfie

Drawings from a figure drawing class last night with Ray Fehrenbach at the Trout Museum of Art. Thanks for a great class!

Public Mana Pool (Red Phase, Disturbed) Oil on linen 30w x 20h in. This painting will be included in the upcoming Art of Water IX show at James May Gallery in Milwaukee. Opening reception May 2, 5-8PM. Hope to see you there! Thanks to Kendra and @bfrink.bsky.social - so excited for the show

Hey it’s #portfolioday! I make oil paintings and charcoal drawings. My studio is called Enchantment Supply, a low fantasy worldbuilding RPG, and I organize a life drawing community at @appletondrawing.bsky.social. Nice to meet you!

I’m going to be teaching a charcoal class for the first time in June! I’m working on a series of exercises and mini projects for the class, focused on both drawing fundamentals and the unique qualities of charcoal. Excited to see where it goes!

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Corfu: Lights and Shadows & Corfu: The Terrace || John Singer Sargent 1909

Portrait of @turbotervo.bsky.social

the millenial urge to apologize immediately for calling someone on the phone