Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Today's Inktober word prompt: Cactus. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/10/inkt... #Inktober #Sketches #Cactus 1201
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here are some of the sketch cards that I did for the recently released Star Wars Chrome set via Topps. More on the blog: tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/10/star... #SketchCards #StarWars #Lucasfilm #Topps 030
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Inktober Day 1: Apple tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/10/inkt... #Inktober #Sketches #Apple 0133
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My latest newsletter has another quill pen sketch: brucegerlach.substack.com/p/ye-olde-qu... #Sketches #Substack #Bison 030
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Pics from the first day of our trip to The Wilds. On the open air bus. 120
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was able to do some quick sketches while on one of the open air tours at The Wilds. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/09/sket... #Sketches 020
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How about some camel pics from our trip to The Wilds in Ohio? It took all my efforts to not to try and touch them (more on that later). The camels were a pleasant surprise for me. I really enjoyed them and their curiosity. #BactrianCamels #TheWilds 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tonight's entertainment: Squeeze, Adam Ant and Haircut 100 at the Masonic Temple. 000
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We spent four days at The Wilds, west of Columbus, Ohio, taking at least a tour a day to go out and see the multiple animals roaming the fields. More pics to come! #TheWilds #Bison #Banteng #Cheetahs 110
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yesterday was the last of the Belle Isle Clean-Up Days. We hit the canals in the kayaks in the rain and had a good time. #BelleIsle #Detroit #Kayaking 030
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Yesterday, we were at the Eastpointe Memorial Library for a lecture on the architect Albert Kahn. Very interesting. 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm calling him Idaho, as I'm currently re-reading Dune. I did consider, the Beast Rabban, but he really doesn't give off Harkonnen vibes. (Duncan) Idaho, I like. 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A couple of recent backyard visitors. We have a few squirrels that are quite comfortable in our yard now that there isn't a dog to chase them away. One, is very friendly and smart. Today, after eating a few pecans, decided to take a rest on our patio furniture. #Squirrels #CarpenterBee 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My latest newsletter is about the process of my encaustic piece: brucegerlach.substack.com/p/hellespont... #Substack #EncausticWax #Sketches 020
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Here is the finished encaustic piece that I started a few weeks ago in a workshop. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/09/hell... #EncausticWax #DeepSeaDiver 050
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This past Thursday was a Jane Austen themed figure drawing night at the Ferndale Library. And, the model was the librarian. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/09/jane... #FigureDrawing #JaneAusten #ColoredPencil 091
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Almost everyday that I'm outside reading I get a visit from one of these little ones. They should be my spirit animal. 120
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My latest Substack is up and is about more stickers on sketchbooks: brucegerlach.substack.com/p/sketchbook... #Substack #Stickers #Sketchbooks 040
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Today, I took a day long encaustic workshop and had a blast experimenting with the process. 020
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Sam Neil, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry... Aaaagghghh! 110
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Some pics from this past week's visit to the Detroit Zoo. 093
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Just finished reading Frank Miller's Push The Wall and thoroughly enjoyed it. Parts bio, technique and advice. There was a lot there that I wasn't expecting, which is great. 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Sketches from this past Wednesday's trip to the Detroit Zoo. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/08/sket... #Sketches #Rhinos #ColoredPencils #DetroitZoo 061
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Inspired by the son of a friend who is learning to be a marine biologist, I give you a blue shark for #SundayFishSketch. He spent a week tagging them. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/08/blue... #SundayFishSketch #Sketches #BlueSharks 1256
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Yesterday, we were out on the canals of Belle Isle once again for clean-up day. We had a different crew this time, but still a good one. We collected a ton of trash. On one hand, sad that there is so much of it, on the other, glad there were so many people who showed up to help out. Still fun. 130
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 15/08/2026My latest Substack is about one of the pieces that I have in the Emerge! 2026 show at the Hannan Center in Detroit. brucegerlach.substack.com/p/emerging?r... #Substack, #Sculpture #Sketches 051
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 14/08/2026These are some of the sketch cards that I did for the just released Star Wars Galaxy Chrome set via Topps. More on the blog: tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/08/star... #StarWars #Lucasfilm #SketchCards #Topps 1147
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's been a month. Here's some puppy pics of Elroy. 110
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I just finished this drawing that I had started some time ago... tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/08/enta... #InkDrawing #DeepSeaDiver #Mangroves 164
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Yesterday morning, we had a golf cart tour of the Detroit Zoo in the early hours. It was hot out, but the animals were active. I even had the opportunity to play with the rays and sharks again. Always fun. #DetroitZoo 031
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Bike riding today through Palmer Park and Woodlawn Cemetery. #Detroit #PalmerPark #WoodlawnCemetery 021
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Here are some pics from yesterday's Emerge! 2026 show at the Hannan Center in Detroit. A couple of pieces by @captainpurple.bsky.social and a couple by moi. 042
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026My latest Substack is up and is all about sketchbooks and... stickers: open.substack.com/pub/bruceger... 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Starting tomorrow, I will have two pieces in the Emerge! 2026 exhibit at the Hannan center in Detroit. I will be exhibiting alongside a few friends, as well. @captainpurple.bsky.social, Mary Stebbins Taitt, and Laura Reed. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/07/emer... 041
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A few backyard visitors from the past few weeks. A little black spider wasp dragging a spider, what became a cicada and a bumblebee jumping spider. The jumping spider was all over me as I was reading. 120
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Saturday found me kayaking at my friend's cabin on the Seven Ponds Nature Preserve. 021
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 28/07/2026A sketch of a broomstick bee... tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/07/broo... #BroomstickBee #Witch #Sketches 122
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Here's a few pics from last week's Renaissance Circle picnic night at the Detroit Zoo. It was fun to play with the rays and sharks again. #DetroitZoo #SouthernRays #StingRays #Penguins #Dinosaurs 020
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Yesterday was a kayaking day on Belle Isle. And of course, we aquarium volunteers also collected some trash along the way. #BelleIsle #Detroit #Kayaking 110
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 16/07/2026An Elroy sketch. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/07/elro... #Sketches #ColoredPencil #AGoodBoy 130
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I wasn't sure that I would get around to getting this out today, considering what we've been dealing with at home here, but I found it to be a good distraction. My latest newsletter is about the cartoonist Bill Mauldin. brucegerlach.substack.com/publish/post... #Substack #BillMauldin #Cartoonists 020
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Our little buddy Elroy, crossed over the Rainbow Bridge yesterday afternoon. We are crushed. Two weeks ago, he was a vibrant, happy little (not so little) guy, now he is gone. This is the first time in over 30 years that we have not had a dog or a cat in the house/apt. 130
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Emergency! was one of my all time favorite shows as a kid and Mantooth was a big part of that. I recently learned that he spent some time here in Michigan at Jeff Daniels Purple Rose Theatre. He seemed every bit of the good guy that one would have wanted. RIP.hollywoodreporter.comRandolph Mantooth, Firefighter-Paramedic Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80He partnered with real-life pal Kevin Tighe (Roy DeSoto) on the popular NBC series, then did lots of soap operas. 020
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 10/07/2026For the past couple of weeks I have been reading posts on social media about some peeps losing their dogs and cats suddenly and each time it felt like nails hitting my forehead, like some premonition. Then, yesterday we found out that our boy Elroy doesn't have long for this world. 220
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 06/07/2026We rode our bikes along the Detroit Riverwalk this morning from MexicanTown to the Belle Isle Bridge. We also hit up the Dequindre Cut. This was a first time for me since they connected everything. A good ride! 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Data Centers are terraforming in reverse. They're gonna kill us. 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 30/06/2026My latest newsletter is about sketching with a quill pen. open.substack.com/pub/bruceger... #Substack #GooseFeather #Sketching 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Yesterday, we had our first Safari Sketch night at the Detroit Zoo. I hope that these catch on, as I do enjoy sketching the critters. tattooed-sky.blogspot.com/2026/06/sket... #Sketches #ColoredPencils #DetroitZoo 010
Bruce Gerlach @brucegerlach.bsky.social · 21/06/2026We kayaked the canals of Belle Isle in Detroit yesterday. It was an island clean-up day, so trash was collected. My childhood friend was in from out of state and joined us, so a good day. 121
