They’re back!

They’re back!!
No matter how old I am, each time I see fireflies it makes my heart beat faster, just like when I was a kid . I always think that feeling is gone forever and boom, it comes out of nowhere again and again.  Kind of cool.

#pascalcampion #fireflies

Rain drops.

Rain drops.
I’m not sad, I just like watching the rain fall....slowly...
#pascalcampion

Warmer than ever.

Warmer than ever.
#pascalcampion

Tandem in the park.

Tandem in the park.
Just because...

#pascalcampion

When you realize it’s actually tougher than you thought.

When you realize it’s actually tougher than you thought.
#pascalcampion #parenting #wherearetheinstructions

Longings.

Longings.
#pascalcampion

Close friends.

Close friends.
My images tend to be fairly straightforward, but sometimes I think they turn out to be metaphors. like this one... Very often I feel like I’ve run out of ideas, that I have nothing left to draw, that I’ve simply lost it( or worse.. I never really “had it”) and I feel down and just.. kind of let go. And when I do, I relax, and open myself to totally different experiences ( in this case feeding the birds) and all of sudden.. ideas come back. But if I try to hard to catch on, they’ll fly away, like the birds. It’s probably better to just let the idea come to you and work with it and respect it. Feels like you never OWN an idea, they just go from window to window, from season to season and all you can do is hang out with them for a bit, enjoy the experience and do the best with the time you have with it. If you hang on too hard to it , you might be stopping other ideas from coming and you might crush the one you already have.
Again.. this is just Monday morning thinking.
#pascalcampion

It’s good to be the MOM ( today!)

It’s good to be the  MOM ( today!)
#pascalcampion #HappyMothersDay!
For my amazing wife and mother of our three little (almost) Angels!

Remember that moment in the train?

Remember that moment in the train?
Felt like magic...
#pascalcampion

Natasha.

Natasha.
2014

#pascalcampionart

People, just amazing, beautiful awful everyday people.

People, just amazing, beautiful awful everyday people.

Another one of those periods when there is too much going on to do proper sketches so I'm back to exploring different things!

#pascalcampion #sketches

 

 

Story time last night.

Story time last night.
We were reading Strega Nona met her match!!

#pascalcampion

Sketch artist

Sketch artist
#pascalcampion

Ziiiiiiiiiiiip.

Ziiiiiiiiiiiip.
Pop?
yes max?
I’m sorry I broke the umbrella.
It’s ok Max, I’m sorry I got upset with you.
I won’t do it again.
You know Max, it’s by doing stuff, trying new things that you learn and you grow. I don’t want you to stop doing that, just be more careful.
Do you regret doing things like that when you were a kid?
.... You know, I regret most the things I DIDN’T do then the things I actually did.
What does that mean?
Its mean that I’d rather you try things and experience the world and make mistakes sometimes rather than you never trying anything.. it also means that I love you a lot.
I love you too.
#pascalcampion

Slowing down.

Slowing down.
There is something about slowing down that makes you think differently and when you think differently your senses pick up the world around you in a different way and you literally see a whole new universe of colors and forms and sensations. I use to think the world was just ONE way but I’m realizing it really is a thousand different ways
#pascalcampion

Lost together.

Lost together.
From 2016.
-Hey!!
-HEY!!
-I am lost...can you help me?
-I’m lost too...
-.....
-....
-I’ve an idea!
-...What’s that?
-How about if we are lost TOGETHER!
That way, I’d feel less scared.
-Me too!
-wow.. it’s actually fun to be lost together.-yeah..doesn’t really feel like being lost at all!
#pascalcampion

Somewhere, right now.

Somewhere, right now.
I’m always thinking that everybody is  the hero of his/her own narrative AND a secondary character in someone else’s..
The idea that incredibly powerful and life changing stories are happening right now probably just a few moments away from where we are is always mind boggling to me.
#pascalcampion

Why is pleasure is so close to pain?

Why is pleasure is so close to pain?
#pascalcampion

Once in a while.

Once in a while.
What do you mean what do I want to be when I grow up? I don’t even know what I want to be NOW!
Sometimes, I just want to BE. Can’t that be enough once in a while?
#pascalcampion

Way Off Broadway.

Way Off Broadway.
#pascalcampion

In May.

In May.
#pascalcampion

Heaven is a place on earth.....

Heaven is a place on earth..... in a bathtub to be precise.
#pascalcampion #BelindaCarlisle

Ladies only.

Ladies only.
-Sweet cheeks,  I need a light and fun image in an landscape format for the book.. can you make me one?
- Sure thing honey.
#pascalcampion #LightandFun

Sunday Night Call

Sunday Night Call

-.. I love you too Daddy...
-.....
_ I know, I know.. I will give mommy a big kiss for you.
-......
_ I miss you daddy...
-.....
_ ok.. I’ll talk to you next week.... I love you.
-.....
_ Bye...


 My parents divorced when I was very young. I remember talking to my dad on the phone every Sunday night. Most of the time it was fine, but sometimes I just missed him terribly. Nothing that my mom could do about it.
Now my dad is passed away and I’m a grown up.. but I still miss that call on Sundays.

#pascalcampion

Happy National Super Hero day

Happy National Super Hero day !!
YOHOOOOO.
( My six year old son helped me this one, can you tell?)
#pascalcampion

Tougher than the rest.

Tougher than the rest.
#pascalcampion #Bruce #Springsteen

Jealous?

Jealous?

#pascalcampionart

2014

When it’s cold outside

When it’s cold outside
#pascalcampion

Give them a fish, they eat for a day.

Give them a fish, they eat for a day.
Teach them to fish,  they eat for life.
#pascalcampionart

Lost

Lost
Sometimes you just get that feeling that you have no idea where you’re going and nothing to help you around.
#pascalcampion

The big “SIGH”

The big “SIGH”
#pascalcampion

Compartment.

Compartment.
I was trying something different here, AND I was planning on doing some animations with this.. but I can’t figure out how to animate in Photoshop properly.. if anyone has links to good tutorials.. I’d love them!

#pascalcampion

Crazy.

Crazy.
#pascalcampionart
2015
-What are you doing?

_I'm trying something...
_You mean, walking barefoot on the side of a railing two stories up?
_Precisely!

_But...why?
_...because I want to!
-You're crazy you know?
_I know, and that's why you love me.
_Sigh.. I know.
_Besides, you would catch me if I fall, right?
_I will ALWAYS catch you.
_I know.

That feeling.

That feeling..
I was starting to have a bad day.. but then I decided it was going to be a good day and it IS a good day.
Weird how that works, no?
#pascalcampion

Keeping it simple.

Keeping it simple.

#pascalcampion

2015

Simply put.

Simply put.

#pascalcampion

You know what?

You know what?
F.ck him.. I don’t need him and his drama.
Better off on my own..always have been.
#pascalcampion

Independent.

Independent.
#pascalcampion 

Growing pains

Growing pains
-Trying a different style?
-Yup...what do you think?
- I like it.. it’s different... and you keep making me too dark.
-Ah... I just need to practice, that’s all.
-.. I know, I know.. you have to allow yourself to not be as good in order to learn something new.. I know...
-..Wait..did I say that already?
-  You did.. By the way, there is something else that you could try to work on so you could grow that skill too.
-.... Oh yeah.. what is it?
- Oh yes.. it’s called.. doing the dishes!
#pascalcampion

Piper.

Piper.
Just a random lunch sketch... still trying to get used to working with a cintiq.
#pascalcampion

And then practice some more.

And then practice some more.
#pascalcampion

Wind Powered

Wind Powered
#pascalcampion

Night ride.

Night ride.
#pascalcampion

Jet lag

Jet lag
#pascalcampion

Spring run.

Spring run.
Just felt like drawing a forest...sometimes it happens.
#pascalcampion

Sleepy. Tired.

Sleepy. Tired.

Here's one of my first #ipad sketches created using @procreateapp. Loving it. Still trying to figure out how to use it and get used to sketching on the tablet. #pascalcampion #pascalcampionart #sketchoftheday #couples #floating

When you love the beach but you don’t love the crowds.

When you love the beach but you don’t love the crowds.
#pascalcampion

Do not disturb, Artist in the Zone!

Do not disturb, Artist in the Zone!
#pascalcampion

Keep on going!

Keep on going!

It's been a while since I've drawn this little elephant!

#pascalcampion #Alberttheelephant

Standing on the dock of the bay.

Standing on the dock of the bay.
#pascalcampion