More from The Drawing Club...

...and more summer sketches from The Drawing Club...

The "The Drawing Club: Master the Art of Drawing Characters from Life" is now available!  Bob Kato, the creator of The Drawing Club, has written a wonderful book showcasing many of the artists who have gathered there since 2002, and the book includes lots of great tips on drawing.  I'm pleased and honored to be a part of it!

Sunday long poses...
Sara Streeter recreates the famous beauty in the Sargent painting known as "Portrait of Madame X".  When Sargent exhibited this portrait at the Paris Salon in 1894, it caused a scandal!  She was originally painted with a fallen strap, and Sargent later repainted it in a more "demure" position...

 Jillanne is a lovely Maid Marian in another long session...

John Mackey creates a classic character inspired by the great American painter and muralist, Thomas Hart Benton...

 On a Thursday night, musician-model Richard is a lot of fun to draw as Slash from Guns and Roses...

   

People...

It starts to feel like summer here in May with an annual visit to the Southern California Renaissance Faire...it's always fun to draw people at serious play, in costume...

...but most of the time I like to draw people doing ordinary things...

Working...at a car wash in Pasadena, and a film
crew wrapping up on Sunset Blvd....

Shopping...at the Saugus Swap Meet
with a train rumbling by...








...or at the wonderful India Sweets and Spices...

...at the little Farmer's Market at Sunset Triangle on Sunset Blvd...

Families and friends eating out...a family on Father's Day...

the Saturday morning crowd at the bakery in La Canada,

and a group lunch at Gordon Biersch...

 ...and at the Getty Center

Summer sketching at The Drawing Club

...always great to be back at
The Drawing Club!

...and, the "The Drawing Club: Master the Art of Drawing Characters from Life" is now available!  Bob Kato, the creator of The Drawing Club, has written a wonderful book showcasing many of the artists who have gathered there since 2002, and the book includes lots of great tips on drawing.  I'm pleased and honored to be a part of it.

Sara Streeter creates a wonderful
Midsummer Night's Fairie...

Keith as Ned Land from "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", and a trip to Oz with Daniella
as an elegant "Wicked Witch"...

Really Quick Sketching at the Otis Fashion Show

...Every year the graduating seniors of the Otis College Fashion Department put on a show...not just a runway, but a fantastic full-on show!  The students work with all kinds of industry mentors...and the show really moves!  I sketch as fast as I can to try to catch something...a feeling or a silhouette, and added most of the color afterwards...



Tumbling and dancing kids start the show...

followed by Eddie Bauer sportswear envisioned for the future...

 Fashion inspired by the wonderfully
vivid colors of architect Luis Barragan...

Dancing through the decades of the 20th century, in partnership with Western Costume...












...and the first time I've seen plus-size fashion featured in the show...Isabel Toledo for Lane Bryant...

Out sketching people...

in springtime--
at Descanso Gardens in La Canada...
on a warm weekend afternoon, the entrance is buzzing with visitors...

climbing on rocks
at the waterfall...

 ...in the Japanese Garden, a couple poses for a photo, and seems to merge into one...

...and on a quiet Memorial Day afternoon,
Descanso is a wonderful place to sit or wander, and remember...