We were watching a silly video on my wife’s laptop when I looked up and saw all three kids hugging while watching. I had to sketch them. (I still can’t believe they’re all teenagers now.)
We celebrated my wife’s birthday over the weekend and I made her this card. She’s with her favorite kitten, J.J., who’s small now, but, I swear, will be about this size when he’s grown. He’s a poly-dactyl kitty, which explains the “thumbs”.
So far the new sketch book is working out wonderfully.
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My son Jack did a great horse drawing this evening. I like all the muscles. Good stuff!
At the gardening nursery looking for some new plants. Sketched on the spot while standing; colored in the car while the memory was still fresh.
Our annual pilgrimage to the San Diego Comic-Con by train. This time I took all the kids, giving Joan a bit of a break for a day. My good friend John who went to Art Center with me rides with us on the train every year too. This year we met up with one of my wife’s good friends from high school and his two boys as well as her cousin’s kids who drove down from Santa Barbara. It was quite a group. The kids really look forward to it, and the 3-hour train trip is at least half the fun. I’ve been going to the Comic-Con just about every year since 1989. I didn’t do as much drawing as I’d like, but there were some great things to see and buy — and keeping track of the tribe was an immersive experience too, especially since the event sold out for all four days and was quite crowded.
The couple sitting in front of us:
They did not break eye contact with each other for, I swear, the entire flight. Very nice.
A woman sitting across from us — once again her profile caught my eye and I had to draw her.
Anthony Zierhut 