This was from earlier this afternoon. I started a new sketchbook! So there’s new enthusiasm that goes along with it.
My daughter and son both graduated on the same day last week, from middle school and high school respectively. As we sat in the heat of the field along with hundreds of other parents, I sketched the man in front of me, who had a great face:
… and then I sketched the building itself:
Everything went off well. It’s a new era for both of them!
This was drawn at the Italian restaurant up the street while I was waiting to pick up our order. He was very good. I wish it were more common to employ live music at restaurants; it adds great atmosphere.
He was making interesting noises – loud, hollow clicking noises.
This is a strange composition. I was getting ready for a safety-oriented class to maintain my union status for the live-action Art Department guild. I looked up and this is what I saw, one guy sitting against the wall and the other guys in the shadows beyond. It occurred to me that I do a lot of sketching while waiting for something. On the one hand I think that’s probably good: making use of the time, celebrating even the most ordinary moments; on the other hand it makes for a lot of sketches of people waiting around. Not sure what that all means. Might make for an interesting series, seeing them all together, if it doesn’t put people to sleep I suppose. Ha.
…and busy bees. There are two of them, but the second one isn’t easy to see at first. This is from our garden when I went to water it.
Quick sketch here. I was watering the garden and looked up to see an older man, in his 60s I would guess, stopping his bike for the red light. I had just the time for the light to change green to sketch him. I recognized it as a Bike Friday because my current office mate has one parked just outside our office. He has a great animated drawing of it on his blog. The light changed, the man took off, and I resumed watering.
Anthony Zierhut 