I've tried to make sketching a daily practice for some time now...why? Well, sketching is a bit addictive...I enjoy putting marks on paper whenever possible, but also just like recording something of where I am every day. Sometimes I go to a place with the intention to draw it, but more often than not, the subject of my drawing is just where I happen to be that day, and what's going on around me.
I like to think that drawing every day makes me more observant, and keeps the connection between eye, heart and hand stronger and more immediate.
More often than not, these daily sketches include people...
Drawing in a clinic waiting room, or at the Social Security office (a place that seemed designed for human discomfort)
One of my favorite places in Los Angeles is the Grand Central Market downtown...yes, it's changing all the time, with less of the old vendors and atmosphere and more upscale eateries, but still a fun and fascinating place to visit and draw...
Madcapra for falafel, the view on Broadway, G&B coffee bar with a view of Hill Street, and midweek view inside...
At Exposition Park, I sketch the whale skeleton at the Natural History Museum, and the Space Shuttle Endeavor at the California Science Center, but it's important to me to include the human presence, the human scale here...
A five-minute wait in line is enough for me to pull out the sketchbook! I like drawing people at work...
At our newly opened local Sprouts Market....
I love the classic red and yellow
of In and Out Burger...
Testing colors at Image nail salon in Pasadena...
My yellow car treated to the occasional car wash...
People at the Rose Cafe in Venice...
More every-day stuff...
Breakfast on Father's Day...and an ordinary day at Jones Coffee in Pasadena...
Waiting for coffee, or waiting at the bank, I think of waiting as an opportunity...
But, these are sketches around town, and seem to usually include people...
