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Soul Music Series Painting

Soul Music Series Painting

Last year I was asked by Scott the director of the iSSACHAR Center to do a 3' x 4' painting for their Soul Music Series. iSSACHAR Center for Urban Leadership is an urban leadership organization that specializes in connecting communities and creating conversations that...

Sojourner Truth Painting

Sojourner Truth Painting

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I'll receive a commission if you purchase through my link, at no extra cost to you. Women of Faith & Courage Part 2   When working on the women of faith and courage series, I wanted to select women in history who...

Jack Johnson Painting

Jack Johnson Painting

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I'll receive a commission if you purchase through my link, at no extra cost to you. Jack Johnson was a boxer in the early 1900s who became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion. The process for the Jack...

Tutorials
How to Clip Shapefile in GIS Pro

How to Clip Shapefile in GIS Pro

CIn the post, I am going to cover how to clip a shapefile layer to a particular boundary or area in ArcGIS Pro.   How to clip a shapefile Add the layer that need to be clipped and the layer that includes the boundary to the GIS file. Select for the clip tool in...

Old Drawings of Fabric

Old Drawings of Fabric

This is a post of old sketches of fabric from undergraduate art and landscape architecture courses I took while attending LSU. I am scheduled to teach a graphics course in the fall. I figured I would go back and revisit my old drawings.

Charcoal Drawings

Charcoal Drawings

Recently, I stumbled across my old charcoal drawing assingments from my Art course and Landscape Architecture Drawing course.   Here's a few of the large charcoal drawings I could find.

Landscape Architecture Urban Planning
A Review of The Bottom Billion

A Review of The Bottom Billion

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I'll receive a commission if you purchase through my link, at no extra cost to you. Brief Look into The Bottom Billion This post is a brief summary of the Bottom Billion. The goal is to introduce the poverty traps...

Walking Action Plan – Plano Texas

Walking Action Plan – Plano Texas

Introduction In 2018 I was selected for the America Walks Walking College Fellowship.  The Walking College offers fellows an opportunity to be paired with experienced advocates, develop an understanding of today's transportation systems from a historical perspective,...

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