Sunday, April 28, 2013

Quick Sketching

...people doing everyday things...














...having lunch on the weekend 
at the Getty Center, or at Gordon Biersch in Burbank...

...at Mo's in Burbank, where I went for a "calming restorative"--coffee and breakfast, actually, after visiting my accountant.  Jay stands at right chatting about the ups and downs of the entertainment business with a regular, and Kyle mans the front desk.  It's quiet before the lunchtime rush from the nearby studios.  Jay catches me in the act of sketching, and he very kindly comped my breakfast!

Men working in the parking lot at Costco, while shoppers come and go and I sit sketching while waiting for new tires...






 The 39th Worldwide Sketchcrawl coincided with the Downtown Burbank Art Festival, so the Los Angeles group met there on an overcast, gray morning...some local musicians in a great jazz band in front of a shopping center...










...and the great character model, John Tucker poses as a cowboy in front of the "Bank of the West" for anyone who wants to sketch him, as part of CTN (Creative Talent Network) which teamed up with the Art Festival

...and quick sketches with lunch of my fellow shoppers and some sellers at one of my favorite Los Angeles places, the downtown Grand Central Market...

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Spring

...and people are out enjoying the weather, and I'm out sketching!  Not like Southern Californians are stuck indoors in the winter, but there is something about the newness of spring...


at the L.A. Arboretum...



 Enjoying all those blooming pink trees...










on a street in Montrose...
...and at Descanso Gardens in La Canada, where this flowering cherry holds court
on the main lawn...




Spring Break brings the hikers and rock climbers to Joshua Tree National Park...




Friday, April 19, 2013

A few from The Drawing Club...

Just time for a few studies from Sunday sessions at 
The Drawing Club in recent months--looking forward to visiting more often very soon!

Elizabeth was very regal 
in her Renaissance gown...





and John caught the soul of a 1930's dustbowl character from Thomas Hart Benton...