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...

Queen of Hearts...

On a recent night at The Drawing Club, Daniella became The Queen of Hearts...

Atomic Holiday LIftoff

...was a great show I saw recently...

Cirque du Soleil Comic Act Designer

and clown coordinator Stefan Haves once again
put on a delightful show here in Los Angeles,
this time at Club Fais Do-Do.  "Atomic Holiday
Liftoff" was a cabaret performance featuring
jugglers, aerialists, clowns, a sword swallower,
contortionist and fabulous tap dancer with a
live band and singers, and dancing "Mayans"
in a send-up of "end of the world" frenzy...
fun trying to keep up with the performers
and sketching madly in low light!

Sundays at The Drawing Club...

Monthly Sunday sessions at 

The Drawing Club 

are a chance to draw or paint at a more leisurely pace...and play with different media.  Often the themes are inspired by favorite artists...

At a recent session

Marissa Gomez channels

Frida Kahlo...

 Peggy Moore in an "Old Hollywood" theme...

Sara Streeter is a Degas Ballerina in soul and body...

 David Moon in a Lucien Freud-inspired theme...

Sketching around town...

Labor Day and Labor Day picnics 

mark the end of summer...

a picnic group at Griffith Park...

An afternoon at the Getty Center in early fall at the fountain...

Lunch at Gordon Biersch 

in Burbank, a view into the bar...

An October visit to Ventura for the Seaside Highland Games...always fun to watch the big guys in kilts throwing heavy objects!

In November, I caught up with the Space Shuttle Endeavor at the California Science Center...so inspiring to finally see it in all its weathered glory!

 Sketching on a Sunday afternoon in
La Canada....

...and an evening spent at the Genius Bar at the Apple Store in Glendale...fun for the whole family!

An Evening with Egon Schiele at The Drawing Club

Elegant Daniella Traub returns to The Drawing Club
as the perfect model inspired by Egon Schiele...

The Rock Star at the Drawing Club...

Musician and model Trace Devai is the Rock Star
...at The Drawing Club