The last five years for me have been very difficult for my mental health in terms of being an artist. I’m having a lot of doubts, and I’m having a hard time finding the inclination to keep making art. Is anyone else feeling the same way and what has helped?

My life drawing sale is LIVE: paulheaston.bigcartel.com

I’m selling some recent life drawings. They go on sale this Friday Nov 14 at 10 am MST. paulheaston.bigcartel.com

At Mango Tree coffee with Clyde. Magenta Milky Pop pen.

Flight from Denver to DC. Purple Gelly Roll pen.

Just added to my shop, they won’t last long! paulheaston.bigcartel.com

This original drawing and four more are going on sale tomorrow at 10am MDT in my shop! paulheaston.bigcartel.com

Sketch of Sara at the Wednesday figure group

Quick triceratops doodle in Procreate last night.

At Volkswagens on the Green in Littleton, Colorado this morning. Pink Gelly Roll pen in Holbein Multi Drawing book.

Gelly Roll pen sketches from the car.

Self portrait in a convex mirror

The lobby of Best Western Canyonlands, Moab

sketching at Dead Horse Point State Park near Moab, Utah

Another sketch of the studio, Sailor Fude de Mannen fountain pen, diluted De Atramentis Urban Grey ink in Pentel Aquash water brush, Stonehenge paper

At Kunjani Cafe in Denver, with Clyde Steadman

Nine drawings of my hand

Ink wash or no ink wash?

1954 Dodge, Speedway Auto Wrecking, Dacono, Colorado

two sketches of Julia

old Chevy pickup camper on the streets of Denver

Two recent sketches of the figure group from the same spot a week apart.

10 original drawings just went up in my shop! paulheaston.bigcartel.com

drawing of Ashley from figure group

My DeWalt drill in pink gel pen

Sketch of Clyde at Flora cafe, Denver

Eight years ago at the Women’s March on Denver with Linda and our oldest daughter Juni. Sketched this while listening to a speaker in Civic Center Park. Linda knitted pink pussy hats for all three of us which we wore proudly.

Doodlin with Gelly roll pens and my kids’ construction paper

In honor of tomorrow’s big event, here are some sketches of toilets I’ve done over the years.

Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.

pink truck!

Wednesday evening figure group

Detail from my last post

At Quince coffee with Linda Permann and Erin Jones

Sketch of a twisty tree in Hardberger Park, San Antonio

A sketch at my parents’ house over the holiday break

At Local Coffee in San Antonio. Blue green gel rollerball pen.

POV drawing in our hotel room, San Antonio

Sketched in the lobby of the Hotel Emma on Christmas Eve, San Antonio.

I think they should have real people balloons and not just cartoon characters in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Like imagine Kenny Loggins or Lynn Redgrave, but a BALLOON!

Finished a 12 person (and 4 dog) family portrait commission for a good friend.

Three drawings of Anna at tonight’s figure group session.

I remember I bought Julian Lennon’s “Valotte” in vinyl at a garage sale sometime in the early ‘90s, and a few years later got Sean’s first album on cd. Both Sean and Julian’s vocals sound like dad but the songcraft/musicality is very McCartney-like on both records. They are both really good, too.

Some more figure sketches from this year

Just two drawings left from my sale, and if history is any indication they won’t be here for long! Grab them quick! paulheaston.bigcartel.com

paulheaston.bigcartel.com these drawings are going live in my shop in less than 10 minutes! Last sale of the year :)

I can’t post these figure drawings anywhere else because I get demonetized so merry Christmas BlueSky!

Brough a convex mirror along with me to figure drawing

Playing with some Prismacolor fine liner pens