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...

People...

Some quick sketches from December and January...

waiting at the bank...

 a shopping break in Pasadena...






















A sketch from La Canada's animated post-Rose Parade display of its award-winning float (it doesn't hurt that there are a few rocket scientists living in La Canada...)

For the recent Worldwide Sketchcrawl, the Los Angeles group met downtown...lunch at the Grand Central Market, and sketching the ice skaters in Pershing Square before the ice rink goes down for the season...

and some very quick sketches at the LA Convention Center, during the Gift Show, LA Art Show and a meeting of Thoracic Surgeons...