drawing of the Ander's new farm house...ebony pencil on 3ply vellum bristol...11"x14"

a drawing of fellow caricaturist
Bernd Ertl...yes! it looks exactly like him...

this caricature was done as a christmas present....

...this is the blackberry/e-mail pic of my lovley subject...( so, i can work from alot of various references)...she is a law librarian...attended various universities and has a little lab puppy

the finish...11"x14" sharpie on ply vellum bristol

step1 was done after i had been out with the boys and had 6 or so brews...appox time 20mins

step B was done in about 45mins...a little clean up and while i was watching tv...in bed( please, hold your fortune cookie jokes till later)

step 3...about another hour...yes...watching tv...in bed...HEY, i'm comfy...

the last ...this is the finish...another hour or two...and NO, done in my beat to hell lazy boy while watching tv...

the title of this is "Daddy's Little Man"...to see a full view of this...go to my studio's facebook page...

Laurel&Hardy

.......made it through thanksgiving...WOOHOO...it started on sunday the 21st where i had a great time in pigeon forge with my lovely wife, daughter, sister in law, brother in law. and mommy&daddy in law( mommy& daddy surprised us by paying for this! )...we all stayed in a 3 story log cabin...which was not your run of the mill cabin,. nope...there was cable, wi-fi, hot tube, pool table, dart board and a kick ass juke box ...loaded with oldies!!!...had thanksgiving on sunday nite...home cooking...everyone brought something yum...big wave dave(my father in law) made a black berry pie...that with ice cream and a sammy was fan-tas-tic!!! monday, the women folk went out-let mall shoppin'...the men folk did what men folk do...we found a micro brew pub( The Smoky Mountain Brewery )where we sat like real men for a good 5hrs!!!...yes! wingys, onion rings and samplers of 9 yummy good brews...back to the cabin...and HELLO hot tub!...yes...3 fine manly-man specimens and more beer but accented with a prime cigar!...dinner in...monday nite football in the man cave!...and the women folk..."dancin wit the stars"..GAG ME!!!..tues. am...RAIN!!!oh well...what to do...what to do...I KNOW!!!!drop them women off at a craft fair and find another pub....which we did!!! "blaines" and "blaines" had YUENGLING!!!!thank you sweet jesus!!!...but...the craft fair wasn't that exciting...so the "girls" left it and tracked us down....they didn't want to eat at blaines...nooooo!!! " we want pizza...whiiiiinne.." so, who has great pizza in gatlinburg...hhmmmmmmm...THATS RIGHT!!! the Smoky Mountain Brewery!!!!
YEE HAAAAAHHH!!!....weds we had to pack up and start home...in sunshine...of course...9am departure...2 hrs in....RAIN!!! sweet mother of god!! it rained!!!powered through the rain till we got to florence, ky and BOOM!!! parking lot!!!one BF long line of cars n trucks n motor homes heading north at a blazin 27mph give or take...after a few hours of cussing...good dose of road rage....and a daughter&wife who would not shut up cause they were asingin songs on the radio we rolled in to the homestead at 4 f******30!!!...puppys were VERY happy to see us!!! and daddy was smart enough to buy some yuengling for home...which helped to ease the the dogs that were barking...IN MY HEAD!!!...but, it was a great trip! very glad we had the chance to have some "family" time!!!

well...i have managed to neglect my blog for sometime...but....haven said that...i have done the same with so many other things...but what want to talk about briefly is about a very special young man...Eben Paxton Wildman...none of you who follow this blog know of Eben, but he was a very great individuale....Eben was tragicilly killed at 3am sat morning the 16th of oct...he was a dear friend to my daughter...in fact he had just asked her out fri nite ti attend a "naval ball" at miami of oxford...Eben was in the rotc down there as a navel cadet...his grades were stellar...his smile infectous...his demener was of this extra happy kid who had the world by the ass and he knew it!i would kid Eben about his name...that he had misspelled it... because the "B" and "V" letters on the key board were too close...he would laugh and give that great smile...as i tear up...this was so fucking unfair...but isn't any accident that takes a life! i am so greatful that i had the oppertunity tohave known this fantastic kid! i am so sorry for the grief that his parents are going threw...i hug my daughter so tight that i'm called annoying...but...guess what....i don't care!
Eben Paxton Wildman...you were and are a very special young man and i miss you..............

hello kiddies...i have an account on facebook...it's Steve McInturff Studio...pretty inventive huh? anywho...you are invited to cruz that...i will try to keep both, the blog and facebook current...i know...that's alot to ask of me...but i will try...

"toothless tom"...is always surprised when he pulls a tooth...it ain't even got to be a bad tooth...not sure why he does it...but, he feels a lttle bad about pullin it so he saves all of 'em in his hat band and shows 'em off...he really doesn't believe in all that tooth fairy stuff.

this is "one-eyed larry"he lives...not too far from here...but, just far enough...

...venomous duck season...

....leaf critter...he likes french fries...

...dear sweet granny...fattening up a chicken...

...this is a sketch for"granny"...one of the characters for a book that was written by Liz Ball...i'm working on more...we will see how this goes...oh, she's yelling out the kitchen window for "brother"...