The BBQ Art

Sorry for the delay in blogs. As I travel I try to stay in hotels that have wireless internet but not all of them work. That was the case for the past few days. Now I think I have found some that will work if I can keep it working. A few days ago we ate at this incredible whole in the wall place called Big Boys BBQ. We found a big sign on the freeway that said voted best BBQ in the top 50 BBQ places in TX. (something like that) We pulled up and knew that it was going to be either very good or very bad by the way it looked. Here's the inside;

Big Boys BBQ, SWEET WATER TX

Big Boys BBQ, SWEET WATER TX

Years ago when I was in college I was taken graphic art so I had to get all this art stuff. Well I paid around 2k for all these supply's and used it like three times and one of those times was to draw a color wheel, thats right a color wheel.  Lets go back even further to when I was a kid and used to draw or dwar as Will (tour manager) calls it.  I would draw cartoon characters all day and all night. I say all that to say this I couldn't sell my drawing kit so I decided to  start drawing again, i said huh what the heck. My dad is a cabinet designer so He can draw anything and everything. I always wanted to draw like him but I could'nt, just cartoons. He could imagine something and Draw it. Not me I have to see it first. A week ago I decided that would draw my sons favorite cartoons the Banana Splits. If you don't remember the Banana Splits it was a cartoon show that came on in the 1960's. Of course I watched the reruns. I now watch it with my son on a channel called Boomerang by cartoon network. Here's some pictures of some of the characters on the show. Remember I haven't drew in over 4 years.

Drawing 1

Drawing 2

I took my Art kit on the road with me cause I knew it would be a lot of riding time. In the van today I saw a DVD cover of the Family Guy. So i had nothing else better to do so I took out the cover and decided to draw Peter, the Family guy.

Drawing 3

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It's not that easy riding down the road and drawing. After the guys stopped making fun of the fact that i had a drawing kit I realized that I could get used to drawing again. I don't know maybe some day I can be like my dad and just draw whats on my mind. (This is where you say awe!!) Well I could sit here all night and tell you a lot of story's but I know that if Silver is reading this he is already bored to death and I'm really surprised that he made it this far. So I know I need to wrap things up. It has truly been a great trip out to New Mexico for the rodeo concert series. It has given us story's to talk about forever. We have a show tomorrow night with Blind Mellon at the Varsity in Batonrouge LA & then home to my little boy and wife, Man I miss them.

Lovington NM Rodeo

Chasen Callahan