Some sketches from last weekend. For some reason last week I kept using the number 4 instead of 5 on the dates of things, despite it being May. Below is a pencil drawing I did in a backyard (the words are from an earlier day, unrelated to the sketch). I’d like to bring a pencil more… Continue reading Indoors, outdoors, and the wrong number
Tag: sketchbook
South America or Star Wars?
An afternoon in the Big Town followed by miles of walking
Here's a sketch from Friday evening. I'd only just started when its subjects vacated the backyard, so I had to improvise. I re-cast them indoors, among the lamps, after the fact. Had an afternoon meeting followed by a stroll through lower Manhattan on Friday. I walked from Madison Square Park to City Hall, with some decent photographic moments while across… Continue reading An afternoon in the Big Town followed by miles of walking
The terror strange children feel
“I don’t see what you mean,” said Henrietta, distracted— in fact in a quite new kind of pain. She saw only too well that this inquisition had no bearing on [her] at all, that Leopold was not even interested in hurting, and was only tweaking her petals off or her wings off with the intention… Continue reading The terror strange children feel
I like to paint people
This morning broke sunny and slid into grey
Here's a little sketch I did, sort of thinking out a vibe or mood for an illustration. It's soft, whimsical; feelings that are a little out of reach for me at the moment, despite that Spring is trying to emerge, bit by bit. The gloom of winter is still upon me. I'm feeling stuck, creatively.… Continue reading This morning broke sunny and slid into grey
People, in color, unaware of being observed
You never know what people are thinking
A telegraph from Elysium
Sketches of a lost compass
Well, I haven't done any watercolors or writing for the blog this week, apologies. I've been working on several projects for clients, as well as populating a new piece of furniture which arrived over the weekend (a separate post about that forthcoming). Here are a few pencil sketches for a project I'm working on now.… Continue reading Sketches of a lost compass










