address to congress

a few quick sketches while watching part of last night Address to Congress

Sick...

02.19.09

all the little birds

02.09.09 waiting for a soccer game to end

I was waiting for some friends to finish their game before we could head off for a drink. I am so glad i brought my whole purse instead of my wallet.
--watercolor no pen

02.07.09 waiting at the bank

02.06.09 Spot Coffee

This past Friday was "First Friday" http://www.firstfridayrochester.org/ . So I went to Spot Coffee to meet Rachel http://balduffington.blogdrive.com/ . She had a booth there where her awesome paper dolls where displayed and sold.

These are a few quick sketches.

02.03.09

This is this some odd possible shrimp like light on the wall at Boulder Coffee. It's a bit over worked but it was fun. There's also a giant sacred heart light on another wall that I will try next time. I think i may give this another go as well...see what comes of it.

02.01.09 with some color

added color to play around with yesterdays sketch...

02.01.09 South Ave and Broad St

Drawn from the 4th floor of the library.

01.30.09 Monroe and Howell

Got what errands I had to completed, and on the way home found the last spot on the side of the street to park before the bend into downtown. Drawn from the car on the corner of Monroe Ave and Howell Street.

01.25.09 at traffic lights

a few snippets from 7 traffic lights on the way home from the store.

Catch up...

These are the last few days of sketches

The sketch above is from the all day conference i was in on Friday. Some of the items were things i saw in the presentation, others from what was around the room.

I went to this great cafe, bar, eatery called Lovin' Cup (http://www.lovincup.com/ )on Friday night to see Teagan and the Tweeds. The Katie Wright Band opened for Teagan and was great. These are a few sketches from the show (above)

The bottom is from this afternoon. Rach and I went to an awesome lecture by Creighton Michael at the museum. It was so interesting and inspiring. Makes you think about what making a mark is or could be.

in my all day workshop

socks

01.20.09-somthing new

I'm a bit tired tonight but was in the mood to sketch. So, this is a quick one looking out my living room window. I know great view...trash bins :)
i randomly bound some brown paper in to my new sketch book. hoping to try news things and not plan for it. So I opened the book and there it was. Eventually I'll get to the pages where I put washes of color. it will be interesting to see what o do with those.

Eastman Theatre

Cedar's toy elephant

I watched cedar for a few days. This is one of her many toys.

Floored Jan 11 09

New sketchbook

This is my new sketchbook. I finish my last one yesterday and hope to start this one tomorrow. Trying a new paper again. Canson 80LB CP, I was looking for something light with just a bit of tooth. We'll see how this one works.

Boulder Coffee at Alexander Street

Had a great Vanilla Chai last night at Boulder.... i wonder what's with all the old tv's

folded clothes

12.30.09

With ten minutes left of lunch I sit at my desk , crack open my copy of "the illustrated life" which I have been doing during lunch the last week, when I realize that I could put the book down and get a VERY quick sketch in.
Sometimes I get so caught up in being inspired by others work that I lose the time to actually sketch. So I figure I'll leave the reading for when it's dark and use the daylight hours (as short as they are right now) to sketch!
With all that said, here is a quick sketch looking out of the conference room window.

Christmas at Mike's

Christmas at my brothers house, sitting on the sofa watching the dogs sleep by the fire.

Bruiser

One of my brothers American bulldogs...such a huge dog and such a mush!

Riley (on brown paper)

I've been wanting to try working on colored paper with white pencil. I remembered there was this old sketch book in the cupboard and decided to rip a few sheets out. So here she is with her grey hair. :) If all goes well I may bind some of this into the new sketch book.

I thought i'd try sketch from the airport in a different style. So many times i've wondered what a drawing might look like done differently.So last night i gave it a whirl.

12.17.08 airport waiting

waiting in the Boston ariport to go home. i ran out of time to finish, the plane had pulled up...

12.16.08 airport waiting

12.10.08

Rachel and I go together again to sketch tonight. This was the last of the 4 pages I filled. I started to sketch her head then she changed positions so the top of her head it whats there, ill proportioned and all :)

Lunch

It's cold out and it's snowing so i'm walking the building looking for places to sketch. Landed myself in the conference room above visitor/inter-company parking. Looked down and started sketching...

Tootsie Roll Pops

I think I'll add color to this another night...see what happens :)

more from Boulder Coffee

more Riley :)

Riley

i think this is the first time she's been sketched in my new book which I've alreadyt finished half of. One day I'll catch her sleeping with her head facing me :)

A first

i think this may be a first for me....drawing a persons face that is. I drew him from the tv last night. Luckily he stayed seated the whole time. I used a grey watercolor pencil so it didnt scan very well. I'd love to be able to draw peoples face but they always seem so intimidating. I think I may etry drawing from magazines and photos to gain some confidence.

at the diner

looking out the window

Unfinished candy

I did not give myself nearly enough time to sketch the bag of Halloween candy I brought to work. Plus i think my co-workes could smell the candy three cubes down. Two minute after I dumped the bag, they cam running.

From my walk

Found this walking Ri-dog this evening and had to pick it up.

sketches from Boulder Coffee

I sat at the new Boulder Coffee tonight sketching with Rachel. The new construction going on in this area is crazy. I hope it helps revitalize this part of the city. Being so close to the university may help too. It's looking great so far and I guess it's worked a bit. I most likely wouldn't have come down here before the changes. oh, and I tried using wax resist, i've been meaning to give it a whirl but had no candle. Luckily there was one on the table.

Novemeber 4th & 6th

Here are a few sketches from the last couple of days. I've been trying to get out to sketch the 3 previous nights to no avail. It felt so good to finaly get there. Java's has such a great atmosphere.

the view from Cobbs Hill

Sitting up at the park on a nice day...

At the diner...

I was hoping to get more done but my breakfast sandwich arrived earlier thatn I had thought. wow, I never ever thought i'd here myself say my food arrived too fast :).

10.29.08

Rahcel and I met at Starbucks last night for a bit of sketching. It was so great to chat , sketch and have a cup of coffee after a long day at work.

10.08.08

10.06.08- Atrium

sitting in the atrium upstairs during lunch.