Waiting for a Table
Sometimes one must be secretive whilst drawing. Concentration on a subject’s features must be tempered by the chance he or she will look up and catch you in the act.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Early Break
I’m using my coffee breaks to sketch. Since my breaks are 15 minutes, I must be quick. I want to capture the spirit of the scene as well as the important physical features, to make it recognizable. Much can change in 15 minutes in a cafe. In the scene below, the lady standing at the […]
View from the Cafe
I like my 15 minutes in the cafe, when I work. I recon I spend 10 minutes on each sketch and 5 minutes trying to avoid burning my mouth on the hot beverage I get at the beginning of my coffee break. I feel the excitement when I work toward a completed sketch within a […]
In the Car: Early to Work
Sometimes, when I’m early to work, I just wait in the car for a while. Now and then I practice drawing. In today’s world of glass windows and reflective storefronts, we don’t always notice reflections. They become invisible unless we make ourselves aware of them. I only captured a few of them in my sketch […]
Parking Lot Moment
I have photographed many examples of parking lot spaces, from repainted space delimiters during the day, worn spacers lines at night, line patterns, curbs, to red and blue curbs, to bumpy skid-proof mats for helping to prevent pedestrian mis-steps. Below is a drawing I made from within one of those parking spots.
Office Visit
Waiting for the doc.
Other People Take Breaks Too
Went to the car during lunch to do my daily sketch. There was someone in the next car also taking a break. I sketched very secretly.
Reading Break
One think I like about my new job is, if I forget to bring along the book I’m reading, I can go to where it resides on the shelf, pick up a copy and read it during my break. However, the job is not without its ethical challenges. For instance, a customer asked me to […]
Fulcrum
This configuration of parking lot curbs, pavement and no-skid mat caught my attention. I liked the colors and, when I flattened the image in my mind’s eye, I thought of a balance point underneath a curved, tricolor beam. I could not resist applying a couple of filters to this image:
Waiting Room Waiters
In the waiting room again today. More opportunity to practice with pen and ink. It is liberating in a way, even though each stroke is indelible.
