Posture
There are all kinds of sitters in the cafe. The one below had the best posture.
Tag Archives: pen and ink
The Meeting
All the participants were present at the coffeehouse. Nobody had to wait. Good thing.
Concentration
All seemed to be in their own world.
Strange Hair Man Reading
The man with the strange hair comes to the cafe quite often. Below is a sketch of him reading at the next table.
Waiting for X-Ray
At first I just sketched the man in the wheelchair and the lady next to him. I don’t know if they were together. The lady had a coughing fit, so I sat on the other side of the waiting room. After drawing them, I had enough space on the paper to include the waiting room […]
Strange Hair
Today’s sketch is a portrait. The gentleman reminded me of some of the characters from cartoons in Mad Magazine from the 196os. I realized, in this sketch, that I captured some of the features quite well. In other sketches where I’ve done the same, I’ve ruined them by failing to capture others. There is a […]
At Last!
During my break in the cafe, I saw someone…. who wasn’t studying! I got a glimpse of the crossword puzzle on his phone. At last, someone enjoying himself. (I suppose studying can be enjoyable on occasion.) (Note: There were no emanations from the gentleman’s phone. I just exercised my artistic license for emphasis.)
Leaning
The two young people at the next table were both studying. They were leaning in opposite directions. I must have de-emphasized the tilt on the female figure and over emphasized the tilt of the male figure. The composition works anyway.
Poirot Montage
I like to doodle when I watch shows on television. I like Agatha Christie’s Poirot. Some of my doodles are quick, blind*, portraits from a screen shot that has long since dissipated from the screen. *Done without looking.
New Storefront
In preparation for closing, the liquidation company has taken over. Big signs are the most noticeable manifestation that something new is afoot.
