The Boxer returns for one last round...

at The Drawing Club

Quantae Love returns one last time 

in this classic theme...

a powerful presence, great model and muse, 

and a great person...he'll be missed!

Edward Scissorhands at The Drawing Club...

Beautiful actress and model Malo creates an amazing, 

gender-bending transformation 

as Edward Scissorhands!

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Summer in L.A....

Sketching people in the Silver Lake neighborhood...

Looking down Sunset Blvd. at "antique" furniture for sale on the street, and the guys who load stuff into your car relaxing...

One thing I've learned about urban sketching, is that you never know what will cross your path!  I was sketching at the intersection of Sunset and Silver Lake Blvd. and suddenly around the corner a group of bicycle riders came whooping and hooting around the corner...without the usual bicycle gear!  Later I discovered that I just happened to witness the "Los Angeles World Naked Bike Ride".  What I especially noticed was the variety of shapes, colors, ages and sizes of the riders...

And some sketches from "Sunset Triangle", a tiny, green polka-dotted plaza at a Sunset Blvd. intersection in Silver Lake.  It's called "L.A.'s first pedestrian plaza conversion"...the bluesman was setting the mood at a little mid-week farmer's market with some casual riffs...

Shooting some hoops...

On a sunny afternoon, a group of men I took to be homeless gather on the green pocket park next to the Sunset Triangle plaza.  As I drew this, one man sang, "Who's gonna take me home tonight?"

In drawing homeless people, I don't want to take advantage of them...at the same time, on a day like this, it felt like to not draw them would be to ignore them...and they certainly have a presence here.

Drawing at the Scottish Festival and Highland Games

...in Costa Mesa, kicks off the summer and is a fun and colorful place to sketch!

I love seeing these guys who dust off their tartans
every year to wear them proudly...

A fife and drum band...

...and the athletes, male and female, tossing cabers (that look like telephone poles) 

and hurling other heavy objects...

...and a 21-caber salute
in honor of Memorial Day...

Pirates at The Drawing Club!

Sara as "The Clockwork Pirate Girl"...

a steampunk fantasy...

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...and John Tucker creates a 

wonderful pirate character 

in his elegantly tattered coat...Captain Grungy!

People on the Pier...

Not long ago I had the great pleasure 

of meeting my fellow "Urban Sketchers" 

Melanie Reim of New York, Don Low 

and his wife Kat of Singapore, and 

Shiho Nakaza of Santa Monica for a 

wonderful time at the Santa Monica Pier...sketching!  

Back at The Drawing Club

...and Daniella is back as a slinky 1960's Spy...a bit like "Agent 99"...

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People Watching and Sketching...

on the street...

at the Huntington...

at Descanso Gardens

on Mother's Day... 

At the Renaissance Faire...Moonie performing and a Jack Sparrow look-alike...

working...

on the street and at The Huntington...

Back at The Drawing Club...

Actress and model Karole Foreman becomes a pop idol
inspired by singers like Nicki Minaj...

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